Industrial and personal hygienePresident's Homes Commission, 1908 - 168 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 58
Page 24
... hands , grinders , etc. , and who for convenience sake are designated by him as machine - room workers . The figures are based on 1,415 operatives who received treatment as in and out patients in connection with the Preston Hospital ...
... hands , grinders , etc. , and who for convenience sake are designated by him as machine - room workers . The figures are based on 1,415 operatives who received treatment as in and out patients in connection with the Preston Hospital ...
Page 25
... hand and of emphysematous expansion on the other . These morbid changes are accompanied by dyspnoea , wasting , and debility , but rarely with hemoptysis [ spitting of blood ] , and together constitute a group of symptoms not inappro ...
... hand and of emphysematous expansion on the other . These morbid changes are accompanied by dyspnoea , wasting , and debility , but rarely with hemoptysis [ spitting of blood ] , and together constitute a group of symptoms not inappro ...
Page 32
... hands with gloves and the mouth and nose with respirators . In the pottery industry , where the danger arises from the glazes , the flux being made of litharge , clay , and flint , it has been found that the danger can be very much ...
... hands with gloves and the mouth and nose with respirators . In the pottery industry , where the danger arises from the glazes , the flux being made of litharge , clay , and flint , it has been found that the danger can be very much ...
Page 38
... hand basin must be provided for every five workers , with an ample supply of water . The wash basin after its use by each person must be emptied . " The employer must make strict provision for the use of the washing appli- ances by ...
... hand basin must be provided for every five workers , with an ample supply of water . The wash basin after its use by each person must be emptied . " The employer must make strict provision for the use of the washing appli- ances by ...
Page 40
... hands should always be protected with rubber gloves ,, the air passages with respirators , and strict cleanliness of the skin and clothing should be observed . OCCUPATIONS INVOLVING EXPOSURE TO IRRITATING OR POISONOUS GASES OR VAPORS ...
... hands should always be protected with rubber gloves ,, the air passages with respirators , and strict cleanliness of the skin and clothing should be observed . OCCUPATIONS INVOLVING EXPOSURE TO IRRITATING OR POISONOUS GASES OR VAPORS ...
Common terms and phrases
accidents acid air space aniline anthrax appliances appointed surgeon arsenic bath Board of Health bound to observe bronchitis carbon carbonic acid carried catarrh cause cent certifying surgeon chief inspector child labor clean clothing cold compositors contravention corundum cubic cuspidors damp danger death rate diseases effects efficient employees employment exposed Factory and Workshop factory or workshop feet female floor fumes German Empire germs heat Hygiene included in Schedule industry inhalation injurious inspector of factories irritating kinds named labor lead poisoning lead process liable line of rails manufacture Massachusetts meals means metal mortality nailbrushes naphtha Neisser OCCUPATIONS INVOLVING occupier shall provide operatives persons employed persons engaged phosphorous process pipe pneumonia prevent process included pursuance regulations respirators respiratory sanitary sick skin stove sufficient suitable supply symptoms temperature tion tuberculosis vapors ventilation wage-earners white lead wool or hair workers workmen workrooms Workshop Act
Popular passages
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.