e and sufficient sanitary
accommodation is provided for women,
in accordance with the requirements of
the Public Health Acts.

(2) The carrying out of the provisions of
the Public Health and Factory and
Workshops Acts, with regard to the
registration and inspection of

_(a)_ laundries, workshops, and workplaces
(including kitchens of
hotels and restaurants) where
women are employed;

_(b)_ Outworkers' premises.

(3) The inspection of tenement houses and
houses let in lodgings, and the enforcement
of the bye-laws of the Sanitary
Authority affecting these.

(4) House-to-house inspection in the poorer
parts of the district.

(5) The inspection of public lavatories for
women.

(6) The carrying out of duties and inspection
concerning

(_a_) Notifiable infectious diseases,
such as scarlet fever.

(_b_) Non-notifiable infectious diseases
such as measles.

(_c_) The notification of consumption.

(7) Taking samples under the Food and
Drugs Acts. (This work is rarely
given to women.)

For many of the above duties, women are obviously better fitted than
men, but for the following most important group of duties men are
practically disqualified by reason of their sex:--

_B_. Health visiting. Work in connection with
the reduction of infantile mortality :--

(1) Notification of Births Act, 1907. Visiting
infants and giving advice to mothers
about the feeding and general management
of young children.

(2) Advising expectant mothers on the
management of their health and as
to the influence of ante-natal conditions
on their infants.

(3) Work in connection with milk depots and
infant consultations.

(4) Promotion of general cleanliness in the
home and discovery of sanitary defects

remediable under the Public Health
Acts.

(5) Investigation of deaths of infants under