Industrial and personal hygienePresident's Homes Commission, 1908 - 168 pages |
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Page 18
... metal workers and stonecutters can only be explained by the fact that the hard , sharp , and irregular particles of this kind of dust are more apt to produce injury of the mucous membranes of the respira- tory tract . But it is not fair ...
... metal workers and stonecutters can only be explained by the fact that the hard , sharp , and irregular particles of this kind of dust are more apt to produce injury of the mucous membranes of the respira- tory tract . But it is not fair ...
Page 19
... metal grinders of Solingen are due to consumption , as com- pared with 35.5 per cent among the general population . The death returns for 12 years of the city of Northampton , Mass . , one of the centers of the cutlery and tool industry ...
... metal grinders of Solingen are due to consumption , as com- pared with 35.5 per cent among the general population . The death returns for 12 years of the city of Northampton , Mass . , one of the centers of the cutlery and tool industry ...
Page 20
... metal supplies some of the Kompendium der Gewerbekrankheiten , Berlin , 1904 , p . 108 . 2 Page 79 . 3Quarterly Publication of American Statistical Association , December , 1907 , P. 465 . 4 Report of the State Board of Health of ...
... metal supplies some of the Kompendium der Gewerbekrankheiten , Berlin , 1904 , p . 108 . 2 Page 79 . 3Quarterly Publication of American Statistical Association , December , 1907 , P. 465 . 4 Report of the State Board of Health of ...
Page 21
... metal industry : " While the nature of some of the processes is such as to warrant classification of this industry with the dangerous trades , the conditions under which the work is done are very largely responsible for the injurious ...
... metal industry : " While the nature of some of the processes is such as to warrant classification of this industry with the dangerous trades , the conditions under which the work is done are very largely responsible for the injurious ...
Page 38
... metal must be covered with a hood provided with exhaust ventilation or chimney with sufficient draft to draw the fumes to the outer air . " Type founding and melting may only be carried on in rooms separate from other processes . " 7 ...
... metal must be covered with a hood provided with exhaust ventilation or chimney with sufficient draft to draw the fumes to the outer air . " Type founding and melting may only be carried on in rooms separate from other processes . " 7 ...
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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.