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The Bill was an exact reproduction of that introduced under the same
name last year, and upon which I reported in my Annual Report for 1905. It
was pointed out that as the majority of those charitable institutions known to
be trading in laundry work were willing to be placed under supervision, and
as the object of this control was merely intended to ensure: (1) Reasonable
hours of work, (2) Healthy conditions of employment, and (3) Prevention
of accidents from machinery, it seemed not unreasonable to prescribe that the
protection of the existing Act should be extended to the workers employed
in laundries attached to Religious and Charitable Institutions.
The Sanitary Committee approved this principle, and recommended that
the Bill should be supported by the Corporation.
The promoters subsequently allowed the Bill to be dropped, as there was no
probability of its being reached during the Session.