For many of the above duties, women are obviously better fitted than men, but for the following most important group of duties men are practically disqualified by reason of their sex:-- _B_. Health visiting. Work in connection with the reduction of infantile mortality :-- (1) Notification of Births Act, 1907. Visiting infants and giving advice to mothers about the feeding and general management of young children. (2) Advising expectant mothers on the management of their health and as to the influence of ante-natal conditions on their infants. (3) Work in connection with milk depôts and infant consultations. (4) Promotion of general cleanliness in the home and discovery of sanitary defects remediable under the Public Health Acts. (5) Investigation of deaths of infants under one year of age. (6) Lecturing at mothers' meetings. (7) Organisation of voluntary Health Workers in the district and arrangement of their work. _C._ The following duties may also be required in the Provinces:-- (1) Work relating to the administration of the Midwives' Act, 1902 (where the County Council have delegated their powers to the District Council). (2) The inspection of shops under the Shop Hours Act, 1892-94, and the Seats for Shop-Assistants Act, 1899. The work described under _C._ 1 and 2, is performed in London (except in the City) by special inspectors appointed by the London County Council, who also inspect employment agencies where sleeping accommodation is provided and carry out certain duties under the Children's Act. (3) Work in connection with the medical inspection of school children (performed in London by the London County Council school nurses). The duties of Men Sanitary Inspectors are very clearly defined, and differ considerably from those of the women. Men are mainly engaged in the inspection and reconstruction of drains, the detection of structural defects in the houses of the working classes, the carrying out of bye-laws with regard to tenement houses, the investigation of cases of notifiable infectious diseases, the inspection of workshops and factories, the enforcement of the law with regard to the sale of foods and drugs and the abatement of smoke nuisances. As will be seen from the duties enumerated above, Women Inspectors, as a general rule, are brought into very close and intimate contact with the homes of the people, and this necessitates the exercise of much tact and patience. The large demands thus made upon their powers of persuasion and teaching capacity, involve a considerable strain upon their nervous energy as well as their physical strength. The work of the Men Inspectors, on the other hand, being of a more official character, does not involve the same strain.