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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... workers .. Other forms of quackery . Topical remedies Prescription nostrums . 274 277 278 278 279 Efficient work of the Post - Office Department and of the Department of Agriculture in enforcing the law arouses opposition ...
... workers .. Other forms of quackery . Topical remedies Prescription nostrums . 274 277 278 278 279 Efficient work of the Post - Office Department and of the Department of Agriculture in enforcing the law arouses opposition ...
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... workers in lead , mercury , arsenic , phosphorus , poisonous dyes , etc. , suffer especially from the injurious effects , and that other occupations , such as mining , railroad- ing , and those which necessitate working with or around ...
... workers in lead , mercury , arsenic , phosphorus , poisonous dyes , etc. , suffer especially from the injurious effects , and that other occupations , such as mining , railroad- ing , and those which necessitate working with or around ...
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... workers , match workers , persons employed in the manufacture of explosives , firemen , potters , file makers , and rubber - factory operatives . The following table from the reports of the Twelfth Census shows the death rates per 1,000 ...
... workers , match workers , persons employed in the manufacture of explosives , firemen , potters , file makers , and rubber - factory operatives . The following table from the reports of the Twelfth Census shows the death rates per 1,000 ...
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... workers 2.36 .91 1.01 1.81 77 78 10.7 Leather makers .. 3.11 1.01 1.26 1.32 84 .66 12.3 Leather workers 2.27 2.67 2.11 .97 2.27 .97 17.6 Machinists . 1.95 1.24 1.03 1.10 .71 10.5 Marble and stone cutters . 5.40 1.10 1.59 1.37 .99 14.9 ...
... workers 2.36 .91 1.01 1.81 77 78 10.7 Leather makers .. 3.11 1.01 1.26 1.32 84 .66 12.3 Leather workers 2.27 2.67 2.11 .97 2.27 .97 17.6 Machinists . 1.95 1.24 1.03 1.10 .71 10.5 Marble and stone cutters . 5.40 1.10 1.59 1.37 .99 14.9 ...
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... workers ... Saddlers .. 826 282 Painters 878 Tailors and furriers 215 Weavers and spinners .. 867 Other mechanics .. 469 Locksmiths 854 Industrial diseases and industrial accidents are everywhere assum- ing more and more importance ...
... workers ... Saddlers .. 826 282 Painters 878 Tailors and furriers 215 Weavers and spinners .. 867 Other mechanics .. 469 Locksmiths 854 Industrial diseases and industrial accidents are everywhere assum- ing more and more importance ...
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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.