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242 INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Eliminating the 24 cases with no provisional disability rating and the 12 cases with a difference of 30 per cent or more, the corrected number of persons with increased incapacity after physical medicine treatment is 65, or 8.0 per cent of the 814 cases.
Table 3.--Summary of Cases in Which Appeals Were Made to the Industrial Commission After Physical Medicine Treatment
Patient Group
11
22
3 4 5 6
73
84 9 10 11
5 6
12 7 13
14 8 9
15 10
16 11 17 18 19
20 12 21 22
23 13 24
25 14
26 15
27 16 . 28
29 30
31 17 32 33 34 35 36 37
18
19
7 Av.......
Case
538
167
191 1180 1906 1998
44
22 41 170 1947
0 0
1117 1965
1310 0
1859
1892 1917 1980 1995
355 1734 1928
316 1427
408
657
126 512 636 943
113 108 280 176 465 835 1337
0
0
Av.......
Incapacity of Hand Before aAnd After Treatment, per Cent
Before M PM
After A
M PM IC
Difference
A
M PM IC
In crease of IC
50 50 20 50 33.3 --30
0 --16.7 13.3
90 90 20 10.5 25 --70 --79.5 --65
5
40 40
3.5 15
4.5 --36.5 --25
--35.5
1,
75 75 20 30 20 --55 --45 --55
0
45 45 33 25 33 --12 --20 --12
0
27 27 12
7 12 --15 --20 --15
0
20 20
5 20 10 --15
0 --10
5
60 60
5.5 20
7.5 --54.5 --40
--52.5
0
90 90 50 67 60 --40 --23 --30 10
50 50 20 30 33 --30 --20 --17 13
30 30
4.5 10
6 --25.5 --20 --24
1.5
Weeks Before TreatAge ment
51 5
34 6.5
51 6 50 4 32 2 32 2
36 3
29 4 30 6 39 5 43 11
..
15 60 33 33 40 5 5 5.5 1.5 10
10.5 10.5
2
8
7
+18 + 0.5
-- 7.5
--27 -- 3.5
-- 2.5
+ 2.5 +6
-- 3.5
7 48 4.5 34
5 19
9 3
8
40 40 25 10 25 --15 --30 --15
75 75 15 16 15 --60 --60 --60 20 20 10 10 15 --10 --10 -- 5 90 20 20 10 20 --70 --10 --35 100 80 25 25 30 --75 --55 --60
0. 39
0 35 5 26 0 40 5 41
5
6 6.5 7 4
15 30
5
5 12.5 --10 --25 --10
7.5 44
7
60 60 20 60 30 --40
0 --30 10 60 10
40 30 25 10 30 --15 --20 -- 5
5 38 4
12 15 7 20
8.5 3.5 20 4 T 10
-- 3.5 --11.5
6.5 11.5 29
--3
--13
-- 3.5
6
23
3 4
50 30
8 25 23 --42 -- 5 --17 15 34
20. 67
0 30 15 --20 --37 --28.5 15 58
1.5 12
50 50
40 40 15 33
2.5 io 0 50
5 25 10 15
7.5 + 1 25 --50
20 --35 20 -- 5
--2 0
--15 --18
+ 0.7
--25 --20 --4
5 25 15 10
36 36
23 43
10 10 12 10 15 + 2
0 +5
14 20
2 20
4.5 --12
0 --12.5
10 10
2.5 0
5 -- 7.5 --10 -- 5
14 14
8 14 13 -- 6
0 --i
9 20
5
2.5 10
--4
--17.5 -- 4.5
3 3 2 1 2 --1 --2 --1
,2.5 2.5 1.5 1.5 3 -- 1 -- 1 + 0.5
#
,.
3 26 2.5, 42 2.5 29 5 58
5 27 0 54 1.5 34
8
16
3 16
8 8
4.5 6.5 4 6.5 5.5 9 9
36.6 12.3 18.5 18.1 23.0 --18.1
--17.8
5:8 39.0 6.3
35.9 18.1 --17.8
* M stands for incapacity determined by the Medical Division; PM for incapacity determined by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; IC, for final incapacity rating.
This group of workmen began physical medicine treatment about 6.5 weeks after their injuries as compared with the average of 5.2 weeks of the total.
WORKMEN APPEALING TO THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION . AFTER PHYSICAL MP}ICINE TREATMENT
A summary of the matter is found in table 3. The 37 workers appealing to the Industrial Commission represents 4.4 per cent of the total number. If the seven workers whose appeal did not find favor with the