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As a result of the discussion of the foregoing subjects the
following resolutions were passed by the Conference:—
1. That the Education Department be urged to add instruction
in elementary hygiene with reference to the dietary and rearing of
infants to their present scheme for systematically training girls in
the senior classes in the practice and principles of personal hygiene
and the elements of dietary.
2. That, in the opinion of this Conference, immediate legislation
is required enabling Sanitary Authorities to establish or support
depots for the supply of pure, or modified, or sterilised milk, and to
defray any cost out of the monies available for public health
purposes.
3. That, in view of the information submitted, the Conference
is of opinion that all still births should be notified within 48 hours
to the medical officer of health of the district in which they occur,
and that no burial should take place without a medical certificate.
4. That notification of all births be given within 48 hours to
the medical officer of health of the district in which they occur.
5. That, in the opinion of this Conference, the question of the
insurance of infant lives under twelve months is one demanding
serious consideration, and, with a view to receiving reliable information,
the Government should be asked to appoint a Departmental
Committee of Inquiry on the whole question.
6. (a) That the period of one month's absentation from factory
work away from home now imposed on mothers, be extended to at
least three months, and that, on their return to work, evidence must
be produced satisfactory to the local authority that proper provision
has been made for the care of the child.
(b) That no employer of labour shall permit a woman
advanced in pregnancy to engage in factory labour unless her ability
therefore has been certified to the satisfaction of the local authority.
7. (a) That, having regard to the ascertained fact that in
centres of industries where women are largely employed away from
their homes, an excessive number of deaths of infants takes place