(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 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.