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.

As will be seen from the duties enumerated above, Women Inspectors, as
a general rule, are brought into very close and intimate contact with
the homes of the people, and this necessitates the exercise of much
tact and patience. The large demands thus made upon their powers of
persuasion and teaching capacity, involve a considerable strain upon
their nervous energy as well as their physical strength. The work
of the Men Inspectors, on the other hand, being of a more official
character, does not involve the same strain.

There is no uniformity of practice with regard to hours of work,
holidays, remuneration or superannuation, either within or without the
metropolitan area. Each Local Authority makes its own arrangements.
Many have no superannuation scheme and give no pensions. Men and women
working for the same Authority usually work under the same conditions
as to hours and holidays: the rate of remuneration, however, is by no
means the same. The salaries of W