Reports of the President's Homes Commission: Message from the President...transmitting Reports...on Improvement of Existing Houses, and Elimination of Insanitary and Alley Houses, on Social Betterment, and on Building Regulations, Together with Resolutions and Recommendations Adopted by the CommissionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 - 381 pages |
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... poisoning . The same may be said of the facilities afforded by the statistics of the " German Industrial Insurance Institutes , " which furnish not only the number of deaths , but also the number of cases treated , together with the age ...
... poisoning . The same may be said of the facilities afforded by the statistics of the " German Industrial Insurance Institutes , " which furnish not only the number of deaths , but also the number of cases treated , together with the age ...
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... poisoning , " characterized in the acute form by symptoms of oppres- sion , headache , dizziness , and faintness , while the chronic effects of deficient oxygenation and purification of the blood are plainly evinced by the pallor , loss ...
... poisoning , " characterized in the acute form by symptoms of oppres- sion , headache , dizziness , and faintness , while the chronic effects of deficient oxygenation and purification of the blood are plainly evinced by the pallor , loss ...
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... poisoning from the use of putty powder , which contains 70 per cent of lead oxide . In glass establishments in Massachusetts , where all the cutting and polishing is done by the wet method , no dust is perceptible , and the employees as ...
... poisoning from the use of putty powder , which contains 70 per cent of lead oxide . In glass establishments in Massachusetts , where all the cutting and polishing is done by the wet method , no dust is perceptible , and the employees as ...
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... poisoning in its various forms , such as the lead habit , characterized by loss of weight , anæmia , sallow skin , a blue line along the gums , offensive breath , a sweetish taste and diminished salivary secretion , lead colic , lead ...
... poisoning in its various forms , such as the lead habit , characterized by loss of weight , anæmia , sallow skin , a blue line along the gums , offensive breath , a sweetish taste and diminished salivary secretion , lead colic , lead ...
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... poisoning , because the file in cutting is being held upon a leaden bed " and particles of lead are inhaled with the dust and may also be absorbed by the fingers in handling the stiddy . " The mortality figure for plumbism in 1890-1892 ...
... poisoning , because the file in cutting is being held upon a leaden bed " and particles of lead are inhaled with the dust and may also be absorbed by the fingers in handling the stiddy . " The mortality figure for plumbism in 1890-1892 ...
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Page 338 - Any weekly payment may be reviewed at the request either of the employer or of the workman and on such review may be ended, diminished or increased, subject to the maximum above provided, and the amount of payment shall, in default of agreement, be settled by the Court or a Judge thereof.
Page 259 - ... Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the contents of the 'package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part and other contents shall have been placed in such package or if...
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Page 337 - Any sum which is agreed or is ordered by the committee or arbitrator to be invested may be invested in whole or in part in the Post Office Savings Bank by the registrar of the county court in his name as registrar.
Page 338 - Act, 1901, to be dangerous; I hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by that act, make the following regulations, and direct that they shall apply to all factories and workshops or parts thereof in which electric accumulators are manufactured. In these regulations "lead process" means pasting, casting, lead burning, or any work involving contact with dry compounds of lead.
Page 326 - ... opinion of the person holding the inquiry, is affected by the draft order, may appear at the inquiry either in person or by counsel, solicitor, or agent.
Page 362 - Provided that as regards any sailing vessel not exceeding 250 tons net registered tonnage and any steam vessel not exceeding 150 tons gross registered tonnage this Regulation shall not apply if and while the conditions are such that it is possible without undue risk to pass to and from the ship without the aid of any special appliances.
Page 203 - Hazen clearly indicate that where one death from typhoid fever has been avoided by the use of a better water, a certain number of deaths, probably two or three, from other causes, have been avoided.
Page 309 - Sundays and legal holidays, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon.
Page 159 - ... 353,790 cases of this disease. If we calculate the average cost for care, treatment, and loss of work to be $300 and the average value of a human life at $5,000, we have a total loss in the United States of $283,032,000 from one of the so-called preventable diseases.