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a view to receiving reliable information the Government
should be asked to appoint a departmental
committee of inquiry on the whole question.
(6a). That the period of one month's abstention from
factory work away from the 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.
(6b). That no employer of labour shall permit a woman
advanced in pregnancy to engage in factory labour
unless her ability therefor has been certified to the
satisfaction of the local authority.
(7a). That having regard to the ascertained fact that in
centres of industries where women are largely employed
away from their home, an excessive number
of deaths of infants takes place, and that this is
contributed to by the improper conditions existing
at the houses in which infants are placed cut to
nurse, it is necessary that the persons by whom and
the places into which infants are received should be
under supervision by the local sanitary authority.
(7b). That the Infant Life Protection Act should be
amended to remedy abuses which are not at present
provided against.
(8). That all preparations offered or sold as food for
infants should be certified by a government analyst
as non-injurious, and that each packet should
contain its analysis.