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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR JAMS J. OAVtS. Smmtarr BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS rrmumr s t x w a j it . j <"> t < Q. <v _g t ^S-21 5^120 me*l--CtPr --* T _ sr (--8 ta --W3* aT*1* cC F---x* ** Oi s& r ^ c ----ai <sr st _Caat fot /s V* *< C J ft --3** ^-r* N40012 t. uipr***? t pgQoa of deaths or I 1 133 :! ' :1u9 : i 1 fe_.iv suggestive snaaced oa the t previous occueetioa inch orei rather curious gin% from tracer xcurrad teas ia x Took County liremeat of kid* os sad mercury : rise of special i that investigathe death cers to the specific a tr conditions joisoning, at aa of special sig. few exceptions a m industrial r luge and de mons of life the f *o* atom : 1 Noa t Mr i Tmmm. -- f U1 31 1 mn--. ..Wi & lit As in the case of fanners there is ia the case of women aa extraor dinary geographical distribution, with a peculiar concentration of the deaths in Maine, New Hampshire, end Massachusetts, la the State of Maine there occurred 16 deaths of women from lead poisoning, distributed by counties as follows: Franklin County, 3, in 2 of which death was attributed directly to lead absorption from water conveyed through lead pipes; Oxford County, 3, ia 1 of which death was attributed to lead poisoning by drinking water which passed through 30 feet of lead pipe; Keonebunk County, 2; Cumberland County, 1; Androscoggin County, 1; sad Penobscot County, 1. In New Hampshire there wars 7 deaths, distributed as follows: Carroll County, 2; Grafton County, 2; and 1 each ia Hillsboro. Merrimac. and Cheshire Counties. In the one which occurred ia Cheshire County, in the city of Ceene. death was attributed to chrome lead poisoning from ths domestic water supply. In Massachusetts 7 deaths occurred, distributed as follows: Wor cester County, 2; Hamosbire County, 2; Middlesex County, 2; and Plymouth County, 1. The deeth in Plymouth County wee attributed to water from lead pipes, one death ia Middlesex County, in the city of Lowell, being attributed to `Meed poisoning as the result of hair dyes." Ths death in Drscut. Middlesex County, was attributed to the water supply, and likewise a death in Worcester was attributed to drinking water drawn through a lead pipe. In Connecticut 1 deeth occtmed; in New York, I; in New Jeisey, 1; in Pennsylvania, 2; ia Ohio, 4; in Missouri. 4. One of these deaths, the esse of a woman 34 yean of age, was attributed to `Mead poisoning from using white flake face powder." The remainder of the deaths occurred, 1 in Indians. 1 in Illinois. I ia Kentucky, 1 ia Kansas, tad 1 ia Louisiana attributed to drinking water from a roof painted red. Only 3 of the 4S deaths were of unmarried women, suggesting the seriousness of the deaths from s social economic point of view, in that 43 were married sad no doubt, ia many eases, mothers. As shown before. IS of the deaths were of women between 30 and 50 yean of age. The evidence is quite suggestive that ia most of the esses deaths were directly the result of drinking con* taminated water but particularly so in the cases in the States of Mams, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. SOTS 0NDEB IS There were 11 deaths of boys under IS. The youngest of these was only 9 months of age, it being stated that death was caused by the "unwarranted use of lead ointments by the parents." The death occulted ia Wellaevilla, Columbiana County, Ohio. -The sec ond death occurred at tha age of 1 veer sad 7 months, it being at* tributed to "eating paint." This death occurred in New Orleans. t The third death, which occurred in Baltimore, wee that of a boy I year end 10 months, and was also attributed to "eating paint off toys." A daath ia Franklin County, Me., occurred tt ths age of .3 years and 4 months. Another death in Baltimore, that of a boy ' 0 years and 11 months old. was attributed to "eating paint, ana enamel off toys," wails another ia the same city at the age of 7 years 1 . sad 9 months wss attributed to " playing in a paint shop." , Other .deaths, were 1 at 11 years and 7 months, a boy in Reynolds County, T 34 D&Liss rsou l zj l B poisotrcro Mo.: 1 at 19 rears of age, a school boy in Scott Counrv, Minn.; 1 at the age of 17 years and 4 months is Sing County, ft"ash., the death being attributed to "chewing lead fotl.'* There was aiao a death at the age of 17 years and 3 months of a boy who died in the city of Indianapolis. GZBL3 OTOE* IS There were 3 deaths of giris under 13 regarding which the follow ing details are of interest. One gui died in Mew Haven. Conn., at the age of 10 months, death being attributed to the infant daring "gsaweo lead paint from the side of the bed." One at the age of 11 months occurred in Madison County, DJL The third death oc curred at the age of 2 years and 4 months in Westchester County, N. Y., being attributed to "eating paint tnn window sill and paint can." The fourth case occurred ux Mew Rochelle. M. Y., at the age of 2 years 3 months: the fifth case in Boston. Mass., at the age of 3 years and 1 month; the sixth ease in Cleveland. Ohio, at the axe of 3 yean and 2 months, it being attributed to "eating enamel off bed"; the seventh case in Mew Haven, Conn., at the age of 13; and the eighth ease in Minneapolis. Minn., at the age of IS yean and 1 month, death being attributed to "face powder containing white lead carbon daks." PART m--STATISTICS OP CHROMIC LEAD POISOMIMG FROM STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARDS My efforts to secure e reasonably complete statement of lead poisoning esses sad deaths reported to industrial accident boards hare not been successful. I am able, however, to furnish statistics for a few States, wnica make e useful addition to the preceding in formation. MASSACHUSETTS According to the Department of Labor and Industries of the Stats of Massachusetts the returns regarding chronic Iced poisoning made to that department during the period 1921-1923 have been as follows: Tou mu msreexoMSri c t ask m sMAoXr scahcuaoumstecrrsl .c iamo-ursoarasorwnreroams or scares . T Cams Due IIf7l1Ii tt __3ll m : This indicates approximately 1 death to every 100 cases, which compares with Great Britain as follows: During 1923 there were 328 cases of lead poisoning, with 13 deaths, reported to the Chief In* epeetor of Factories. This would give 1 death to every 23 eases, raggeaave of the pombQity that in this country more mild cases are reported then in England. In 1923 the British returns gave 89 eases of lead poisoning among house painters, with 9 deaths, or appraa*