Industrial and personal hygienePresident's Homes Commission, 1908 - 168 pages |
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... examined by Sommerfeld , 19.7 per cent were afflicted with consumption ; 17.98 per cent with other diseases of the lungs , and nearly all had a chronic catarrh of the throat or larynx . According to the report of the Board of Health of ...
... examined by Sommerfeld , 19.7 per cent were afflicted with consumption ; 17.98 per cent with other diseases of the lungs , and nearly all had a chronic catarrh of the throat or larynx . According to the report of the Board of Health of ...
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... examination , in the sputum , and as these make their way into the pulmonary tissue they set up morbid action , resulting in increasing density of it on the one hand and of emphysematous expansion on the other . These morbid changes are ...
... examination , in the sputum , and as these make their way into the pulmonary tissue they set up morbid action , resulting in increasing density of it on the one hand and of emphysematous expansion on the other . These morbid changes are ...
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... examined was poorly lighted , inadequately ventilated , dusty , and ill kept ; the other was light , clean , and well venti- lated . " Some of the women employed appeared to be in poor physical condition . In the six felt - cloth ...
... examined was poorly lighted , inadequately ventilated , dusty , and ill kept ; the other was light , clean , and well venti- lated . " Some of the women employed appeared to be in poor physical condition . In the six felt - cloth ...
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... examined 200 employees , many of whom suffered from anæmia , headache , digestive derangements , heartburn , dizziness , palpitation of the heart , loss of will power , and excessive mucous secretions , all of which were attributed to ...
... examined 200 employees , many of whom suffered from anæmia , headache , digestive derangements , heartburn , dizziness , palpitation of the heart , loss of will power , and excessive mucous secretions , all of which were attributed to ...
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... examined ... .. Number of apparently healthy employees . Number of sick employees .. 1903 . 1904 . 1905 . 1,114 1,182 1,226 7,051 8,511 9,003 757 1,055 1,061 387 127 165 401 132 ( a ) Number of deaths .. @Doctor Neisser states that the ...
... examined ... .. Number of apparently healthy employees . Number of sick employees .. 1903 . 1904 . 1905 . 1,114 1,182 1,226 7,051 8,511 9,003 757 1,055 1,061 387 127 165 401 132 ( a ) Number of deaths .. @Doctor Neisser states that the ...
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Page 135 - The sum allotted as compensation to a dependant may be invested or otherwise applied for the benefit of the person entitled thereto, as agreed, or as ordered by the committee or other arbitrator.
Page 135 - ... in the case of partial incapacity the weekly payment shall in no case exceed the difference between the amount of the average weekly earnings of the workman before the accident and the average weekly amount...
Page 165 - During the period between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise...
Page 135 - Where a workman has given notice of an accident, he shall, if so required by the employer, submit himself for examination by a duly qualified medical practitioner provided and paid by the employer, and, if he refuses to submit himself to such examination, or in any way obstructs the same, his right to compensation, and to take or prosecute any proceeding under this Act in relation to compensation, shall be suspended until such examination has taken place.
Page 158 - 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 or parts thereof in which the process of spinning by means of self-acting mules is carried on : 1. In these regulations the term "minder...
Page 135 - 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 arbitration under this act.
Page 75 - ... and to carry away the dust arising from or thrown off by such wheels or belts while in operation directly to the outside of the building, or to some receptacle placed so as to receive and confine such...
Page 150 - Act, unless he proves that he had taken all reasonable means, by publishing and to the best of his power enforcing the said rules as regulations for the working of the mine, to prevent such contravention or non-compliance.
Page 124 - House, resolve that such order ought to be annulled, the same shall after the date of such resolution be of no effect, without prejudice to the validity of anything done in the meantime under such order or to the making of any new order...
Page 161 - Unless the cargo is stowed sufficiently far from the ladder to leave at each rung of the ladder sufficient room for a man's feet.