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Title: The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Hill, Janet McKenzie, 1852-1933, ed Boston Cooking School (Boston, Mass.)
Subjects: Home economics Cooking
Publisher: Boston : Boston Cooking-School Magazine
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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Ittfi *.- V- - ■——. . irjCii ;l# -^M ^ r 1 -1L .. ■ ■:■ 1 ■ ^J1^- Af& A Cozy Window Seat in the Dining-room Welfare Work forNational Cash R WELFARE work may be de-fined as the co-operationof employer and employeesfor mutual benefit; and in this work theNational Cash Register Company ofDayton, Ohio, ranks among the pio-neers. It began such work eleven yearsago. Welfare work for employees, such asclean, bright, well-ventilated build-ings and pleasant surroundings, hasdrawn visitors from every quarter of Employees at theegister Company the world. More than 40,000 peoplevisit the factory each year. The National Cash Register Com-pany, in its efforts to make work safe,pleasant, and wholesome, has neverclaimed philanthropic motives. It hasalways maintained that welfare workwas instituted, and has been contin-ued, not only because it was right, butbecause it paid. Welfare work is first evident in theconstruction of model factory build- 120 The Boston Cooking-School Magazine
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One of the Rest-rooms for Women Employees at National Cash Register Factory ings. In summer open spaces and hugewindows admit pure air and sunshine.In winter a system of ventilation changesthe air in the work-rooms every fif-teen minutes, and keeps the tempera-ture uniform. A high standard ofcleanliness is maintained by a forceof seventy-seven janitors. Bath-rooms, fitted with tubs andshower appliances, are free to all em-ployees, the company supplying soapand towels. Once a week in winterand twice in summer the employeesare allowed to take a bath on the com-panys time. High-back chairs withfoot-rests, clean aprons, and sleevesto protect their dresses, are suppliedby the company to all women employ-ees. Rest-rooms are maintained near allthe departments in which women work.A physician is within call, and twotrained nurses are always on duty at the factory, to care for those who be-come fatigued or ill. Every person entering the employof the company must undergo physi-cal examination. A

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