Women and War Work

grave, and ou

nce that is

ost pitch of

long and lon

t it means if w

ed-and one co

orget-it's for

slave, and sl

at the front

ave, and their l

est of work

long and lon

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t department devoted to the work of

shed by Mr. Lloyd George. Mr. Rowntree, who

e of the Home Secretary, "To consider and advise on questions of industrial fatigue, hours of labor, and other

Mrs. H.J. Tennant and Miss R.E. Squire. Memoranda on various industrial problems h

ener's appeals. The regulations preventing women from working on Sunday had been removed in a limited number of cases. The investigation of the committee in November, 1915, showed that Sunday la

of work, very interesting figures were given, practically all

by women in excess of the normal legal limit of sixty hours per week ought to be disconti

women and dealt with hours, conditions, rest and meals, management and su

of securing, training and appointing Welfare Superviso

neral responsibility of securing a high

every Government establishment and the controlled establishments have them also. In Government shops they are paid by

ties of Welfare Supervisors for Women,"

n and excellent work is being done. The Welfare Workers are in their turn inspected by Welfare Inspectors and Miss Proud, the Chief Inspector in dangerous factories, who sees the precautions against risk of poisoning from Tri-nitro

sickly face among them, even among the girls in the Danger Zone. Miss Barker is constantly adding to her own staff of supervisors and training others for provincial centres. She and her Assistants interview new hands and arrange changes and transfers of women. She enquires into all complaints, advises as to clothing, keeps an eye on the vast canteen organization of Woolwich, an

ry by the Government and by factory owners, and the

oms, dining rooms and good sickroom accommodations. Rules are cut down

ent, "but since we have permitted this recreation, it seems to have fa

t formal welfare workers but get a woman of the right type and put her in charge of the female operatives, with generally excellent results. The value of the influence of this work on our girls ca

OOKLET FOR MU

e old Bedford College for Women, is now a delightful Hostel run by the Y.W.C.A., whose work for munition girls deserves very special mention. They had Hostels over the country before the war

, made people feel something must be done, and the first efforts were to send round barrows with hot tea and coffee and sandwiches, etc. More and more it was realized that the provision of proper meals for the workers, men and women, was indispensable for the maintenance of output on whi

ens in every factory in which it would be useful. Many canteens existed before the war, but they have been added to enor

ble official pamphlet, "Feeding the Munition Worker," in which plans for construction and all details a

cover cost of food and service, soup and bread is 4 c

s, 2 to

cheese, 3

and cocoa, 2

s arranged in t

them the girls get dinners for 10 cents, and th

ns are educated women and the waiting and service is done by voluntary helpers. There is not only excellent feeding for our workers in these canteens, but there is gr

ildren are all right and well taken care of. We have done even more in the war than before for our babies and

case. Old prejudices have vanished, new ideas are abroad; employers and workers, the public and the State, are all favourable to new methods. The opportunity must not be allowed to slip. It may well be that, when the tumult of war is a distant echo and the making of munitions a nightmare of t

ing has been clearly shown, that the workers of our country are not only loyal citizens but realize every issue of this conflict as vividly a

Y OF MU

FARE SUPERVIS

ed EMPLOYMENT S

ectly she is appointed. The size of the Factory will to a certain extent determine the scope of her work

to the firms that employ them, and in

ployed. Through this channel attention has been drawn to conditions of work, previously unnoted, which were inimical to the well-being of those employed. The following notes have, therefore, been prepared for the in

ITI

position on the managerial staff in connection with the Labour Employment Department of the Factory. She is thus able to refer all matters calling for

TI

o maintain a healthy staff of workers and to help i

and technical efficiency, it has been found to be an advantage to bring the We

NING OF A HE

m the Certifying Surgeon when he grants Certificates of fitness. The Management can, if they think fit, empower her to refer for medical advice to their panel Doctor, other applicants co

of those selected may be carried out by the Overlooker or other person responsible for the t

romotions of women in the Factory, thus continuing the principle of regarding not only tech

AINING OF A H

particular needs of the workers. These needs will t

the Factory-Int

e the Factory-Ex

URAL W

ON OF WORKIN

ay be made responsible f

ty for the technical side of the work must rest with the Technical Staff, the W

rocess on which she is engaged, be allowed, after having consulted the Foreman concerned, to suggest

ty for night work and should herself occasionally visit the Fact

as to the functions of the Welfare Supervisor if she is consulted

view of the health of the female employees, see to the general cleanliness, ventilation and

s so as to be able to bring to the notice of the Management th

CANT

age the canteen. The Management will probably prefer to entrust the matter to an expert who sho

facilities for the women workers; that is to s

ssary for the women before they begin work so that

fortable as possible so that it serves a doub

OF AMBULANCE REST

tories, the Welfare Supervisor should work in close touch with the Factory Doc

of the Nurses, who should be recognis

f their duties, she should see that their work is carried out promptly an

ping of all records of accident

uch with all cases of ser

touch with the Compensation Department inside the Factory wit

CLOAK-ROOMS AND SAN

ould be held responsible

ral clea

ntion of

ntion of

ssary to assist her, and it should be her dut

SION OF

uty of supervising the Protective Clothi

URAL W

keep in touch with all outsi

Hous

nsit fa

s and Mater

ecrea

y Nurs

ies it will no doubt be preferable that

REC

oman employee. If a card-index system is adopted, a sample card suggesting the necessary particula

ving the health in relation to the efficiency of the wo

e rise and fall of wages earned by individual employees from the point of view that a s

cords information can be obtained of sickness, inadequate transit and urgent domestic duties, which might otherwise not be discovered. He

urring in the Factory. Sample Ambulance Books and Accident Recor