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it does not go into complete or sufficient detail as to the full duties and 

 purposes of the department. 



The duties of the department should be expanded so as to include 

 the collection, compilation and publication of statistics and other in- 

 formation connected with labor and industry, including hours of labor, 

 earnings, conditions of labor, and the means of promoting the social 

 and material well being of the working men, women and children of 

 the Commonwealth. 



The department should also collect and diffuse information per- 

 taining to the prevention of industrial accidents and occupational 

 diseases and to cause the same to be prevented by all means within its 

 power and authority. 



The department should administer and enforce the acts of Gen- 

 eral Assembly relating to the employment of labor and the regulation 

 of labor's working conditions, except, such laws as come under the 

 enforcing authority of the State Board of Health, the Department of 

 Mines and the Workmen's Compensation Board. 



It is recommended that the personnel of the department be re- 

 organized to provide for a Director of the Department of Labor, a 

 Statistician, six inspectors, and such clerical help as required to carry 

 out the duties of the office of the department. 



