remediable under the Public Health
Acts.
(5) Investigation of deaths of infants under one year of age.
(6) Lecturing at mothers' meetings.
(7) Organisation of voluntary Health Workers in the district and arrangement of their work.
C. The following duties may also be required in the Provinces:—
(1) Work relating to the administration of the Midwives' Act, 1902 (where the County Council have delegated their powers to the District Council).
(2) The inspection of shops under the Shop Hours Act, 1892-94, and the Seats for Shop-Assistants Act, 1899.
The work described under C. 1 and 2, is performed in London (except in the City) by special inspectors appointed by the London County Council, who also inspect employment agencies where sleeping accommodation is provided and carry out certain duties under the Children's Act.
(3) Work in connection with the medical inspection of school children (performed in London by the London County Council school nurses).
The duties of Men Sanitary Inspectors are very clearly defined, and differ considerably from those of the women. Men are mainly engaged in the inspection and reconstruction of drains, the detection of structural defects in the houses of the working classes, the carrying out of bye-laws with regard to tenement houses, the investigation of cases of notifiable infectious diseases, the inspection of workshops and factories, the enforcement of the law with regard to the sale of foods and drugs and the abatement of smoke nuisances.