, 1885-10-10

Even if no sickness should follow. the
provision as to punishments in the above
paragraph is applicable in the case of an
employer who causes pregnant women to
do any laboriOus work in the last two
months of their pregnancy, or who demands
work of any kind whatever FROM women
who have given birth, during the first
seven weeks, or if the child is alive,
during the first 8 months after the
birth.
The employer is liable to the same
punishment, when in general he abuses
his authority in dealing with q labourer
or in any essential respect Omits to fulfil
the duties incumbent upon him.
On every estate there must be a healthy
and suitable room, to which the mothers,
if they wish it, may bring their children
under 6 years of age, and where q person
specially appointed for and suited to the
work shall take proper care of them during
the working hours. Omission to make
these arrangements shall be punished with
fines of from IS to $50.
16.
If a labOurer contracts a sickness from
his own improper conduct, he must himself
pay the expenses connected with his medi-
cal treatment, and loses besides, so far as
the employer, when entitled thereto does
not Immediately dismiss him, all right to
wages during the time he is unable to
work.
II.
When q labourer otherwise becomes
sick, the following rules are to be OBJ.
served
o.. When the sick person either has
entered into an express contract which can
only be terminated by a months notice or
is to be valid for a longer time, or m be
regarded as having bound himself as
described above i'll S 3, likewise when in
the first case he has his residence on the
estate, he is not entitled to wages so long
as he cannot work but the employer shall,
until the contract according to notice or on
some other lawful ground expires, furnish
him the requisite medical attendance,
medicine and necessary nursing.
b.. If the sick person on the other hand
does not belong to the classes of labOurers
mentioned under letter q nor is one of their
children. either their own or under their
care, he or she shall not be entitled to
medical attendance de. from the estate;
the estate owner concerned, however, or
his manager shall be bound to procure
without delay, by requiSitiOn through the
police, public medical aid.
c.. A similar duty in regard to medical
attendance III case OF sickness TO what Is
mentioned under letter a. is incumbent on
the employer with regard to children under
10 years 0f age if their parents, whether
married or not, or the labOurers under
whose care the children are, live on the
estate and work for it according to their
ability under the conditions stated under
letter q.
d. Children over 10 years of age who
work for the estate shall be provided with
medical attendance, medicine and nursing
under the same rules as the adult la
OOurerS.
e. If the physician demands it, there
shall be appointed on the estate concerned
and at its cost a special sick nurse who
can see that the physicians orders are
carried out and maintained and also
can give the sick person the necessary
nursing.
f. In all cases the obligation of the
estate to furnish medical attendance &c.
ceases when the person concerned, on
demand of the physician and with the
consent of the ~policemaster, is placed in q
public hospital, but the estate shall then
be bound to provide for the conveyance of
the sick person to the hospital.
O.. Neglect of the duties laid upon the
estates 10y these provisions il to be pun
ished with fines of from $3.50.