Maternity and child welfare.
204Powers of welfare authority with respect to maternity and child welfare.
(1)A welfare authority may, subject to the general approval of the Minister, make arrangements for the care of expectant and nursing mothers and of children who have not attained the age of five years and are not being educated in schools recognised by the Board of Education:
Provided that nothing in this section shall authorise the establishment by such an authority of a general domicihary service by medical practitioners.
(2)The Minister may make regulations prescribing the qualifications of medical officers and health visitors appointed in pursuance of arrangements made under this section, and no person shall be appointed as such a medical officer or health visitor unless he is qualified in accordance with the regulations.
(3)Regulations made under the last preceding subsection shall be laid before Parliament.
205Women not to be employed in factories or workshops within four weeks after birth of a child.
If the occupier of a factory or workshop knowingly allows a woman to be employed therein within four weeks after she has given birth to a child, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds or, if he has been previously convicted of a like offence within two years, to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.