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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 12 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 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
satisfactorily 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 therefor 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, and that
this is contributed to by the improper conditions
existing at the houses in which infants are
placed out to nurse, it is necessary that the
persons by whom and the places into which
infants are received should be under supervision
of the local sanitary authority.
(b) That the Infant Life Protection Act be amended to
remedy abuses which are not at present provided
against.