TY - JOUR T1 - ITaly Y1 - 1929/04/27 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1929.02700430065024 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 1463 EP - 1464 VL - 92 IS - 17 N2 - Promotion of Increase of Population  The council of ministers, at the request of the premier, recently approved certain measures calculated to promote the growth of the population. As a result of the council's deliberations, married men with children will be given preference in competitive examinations for public office, and married men without children will be favored as against unmarried This principle will not be applied to the army forces but will be recognized in the awarding of contracts to private parties and in administrative concessions, as well as in the allocation of dwellings.Other dispositions concern the protection of workers and employees during pregnancy and the puerperium. It has been made compulsory for women connected in any way with industrial or commercial enterprises to refrain from work during the last month of pregnancy and the first month after childbirth.Employers of labor are, on the other hand, compelled to hold SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1929.02700430065024 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700430065024 ER -