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•dealing with labour matters these officers exercise 
their powers under the Labour Code and are required 
•to keep in touch with the Controller. 
The head-quarters of the Controller are at Kuala 
Lumpur. The Deputy Controller at Penang is 
Secretary and Treasurer of the Indian Immigration 
Fund and the bulk of the business connected 'with 
Indian Immigration is conducted in that office. There 
are sub-offices of the Department at Kuala Lumpur, 
Klang, Port Swettenham, Seremban and Singapore. 
19. In the year 1910 a separate Health Branch of 
the Government Medical Department was formed in the 
Federated Malay States primarily to deal with the 
health of the labourers on estates' and a special Enact- 
ment known as the Estate Labourers' (Protection of 
Health) Enactment was introduced. This was likewise 
incorporated in the Labour Code, and later on the 
similar Ordinance in the Colony was embodied in the 
Labour Ordinance, 1920. 
Orders in matters affecting health and sanitation 
on estates are issued by the Controller of Labour who 
is advised by the Health Officer. 
The provisions to be made for labourers on an 
estate by an employer are summarised in Section 
162 of the Labour Code 1923 as follows: — 
(a) sufficient and proper house accommodation. 
( b ) a sufficient supply of wholesome water. 
(c) sufficient and proper sanitary arrangements. 
( d ) hospital accommodation and equipment. 
( e ) medical attendance and treatment including 
diets in hospital. 
(/) a sufficient supply of medicines of good 
quality. 
