656 TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION F. 



referring to January as base, with the following results: January (base), lOO; 

 February, 10074; March, 10080; April, 101-12; May, 103-04; June, 10387; 

 July, 103- 12. 



4. Industrial Betterment. By Mary E. Wood. 



Definition :■ — 



Increasing tendency to only engage the young in factories and workshops. 

 A factory thus becomes the chief factor in the development of the worker. 



Employers are responsible for the — 



A. Physical Development of the employee. 



B. Intellectual „ „ „ 



C. Moral „ „ „ 



Industrial Betterment aims at securing: — 



A. Physical Developmeyit, by good ventilation, sunshine, light, recreation 

 grounds where possible. Doctor and dentist on the factory staif. Dining-rooms, 

 well-cooked cheap food, &c. 



B. Intellectual Development, by ' domestic school ' classes in cookery, cutting- 

 out and making clothes, laws of health, &c., for all girl employees from fourteen 

 to seventeen, during work hours. Factory library. Factory maga,zine. Sugges- 

 tion prizes. Education of the eye by pictures and flowers in workrooms. 

 Allotments. 



C. Moral Development. Men and women working in separate rooms. 

 Careful choice of overlookers. 



Good lighting in the factory. 

 All girls leave when they marry. 



Some Results : — 



General health good, consequently good ' timekeeping,' better work, good 

 wages (' piece-work ') earned. 



Greater command of labour. 



Better type of labour attracted. 



The percentage of those who leave steadily decreases, and consequently the 

 average length of time spent at the works by each employee increases. 



