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At the Infantile Mortality Conference held at the Caxton
Hall, Westminster, on June 13th and 14th, at which the
Council was represented, the following resolutions were
passed, viz.:—
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 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 fare, or modified
or sterilised milk, and to defray any cost out of the
moneys available for public health purposes.
8. 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 abstention 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