(a) Needs within the Factory—Intramural Welfare.
(b) Needs outside the Factory—Extramural Welfare.
INTRAMURAL WELFARE.
I. SUPERVISION OF WORKING CONDITIONS.
The Welfare Supervisor may be made responsible for the following matters:
(a) General behaviour of women and girls inside the factory.—While responsibility for the technical side of the work must rest with the Technical Staff, the Welfare Supervisor should be responsible for all questions of general behaviour.
(b) Transfer.—The Welfare Supervisor would, if the health of a woman was affected by the particular process on which she is engaged, be allowed, after having consulted the Foreman concerned, to suggest to the Management the possibility of transfer of the woman to work more suited to her state of health.
(c) Night Supervision.—The Welfare Supervisor should have a deputy for night work and should herself occasionally visit the Factory at night to see that satisfactory conditions are maintained.
(d) Dismissal.—It will be in keeping with the general suggestions as to the functions of the Welfare Supervisor if she is consulted on general grounds with regard to the dismissal of women and girls.
(e) The maintenance of healthy conditions.—This implies that she should, from the point of view of the health of the female employees, see to the general cleanliness, ventilation and warmth of the Factory and keep the Management informed of the results of her observations.
(f) The provision of seats.—She should study working conditions so as to be able to bring to the notice of the Management the necessity for the provision of seats where these are possible.
II. CANTEEN.
Unless the Factory is a small one it would hardly be possible for the Welfare Supervisor to manage the canteen. The Management will probably prefer to entrust the matter to an expert who should satisfy the Management in consultation with the Welfare Supervisor on the following matters:—
(1) That the Canteen provides all the necessary facilities for the women workers; that is to say, suitable food, rapidly and punctually served.
(2) That Canteen facilities are provided when necessary for the women before they begin work so that no one need start work without having taken food.
(3) That the Canteen is as restful and as comfortable as possible so that it serves a double purpose of providing rest as well as food.
III. SUPERVISION OF AMBULANCE RESTROOM AND FIRST AID.
While not responsible for actually attending to accidents, except in small Factories, the Welfare Supervisor should work in close touch with the Factory Doctor and Nurses. She should, however, be responsible for the following matters:—