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, Mr. V.V.F. Shepherd \. AIR MAIL . J. W. ftOBCMTU LTD., AltMLCV, LICD* Il.tNC. cf//6Zz -3 au/Wt n1A. >VullllfuiotonnSIm,o..S..ui., SShS"*~- Canada. ; . Ath July, 1949 Dwr Nr. Vtllluin, . Panada ,, Thank yea fbr advicing sc la min of tbo 29th Juno, that we Usy be hsarlng fromths Provincial Health Departnentof r thaiProVinedef,:Qnebeo on'thesuhjeet of risk'to health Incurred by asbestos spray operators, and whoa thlo eoaoa alone wo ahall . knoifwhat to ah.:/-'r--'-' ' - - - ' ' ' , V'i T wrote you on the 29th Jhrehv;,";-;. ;.,, r our latest typo ductless spraying _ae-International Health Oonferenee ithald last noath, has now taken place. J lafematloa com to ne ttm *W9*SfeC*J*r Medical Offlcar, Ministry of Zakses****:!;, li^ The' fiet that Injury to healthJias:^ ) r `w sweent trouble la tfo..8eaadlsnSj:f< '-?j|ft' : o It* 1' _ _____ ild haow that vd hato nerer'had a* suils' aad that omfo5rjli>:IV linr*----------- mea^ AV-A.----------------- ----- O&f-gSkggBgy. atUl with na la In coed health safetha* thoo!o mtheen pherorecetsask.enW. Ihnilasdt!diatitotrnikteoa' vw^ttiaa of water vapour Whin th*50 -rriodoutla the proper mmer. thieia no. t?2a5"of*real12ie 'JJfi dperator -`Uf% th authorltlee himself pan ho protected. thaw : other workers in the'; ---S :i ' P:* 'rW.fi.i . : f -yi. 4i V'i' ' ' I liJfluu BISS Soatlanatlon Be.l H.A. miluwn Esq. J.W. DoacHTI LTD.,Anw|.Cr.UEM It, tNC. 6th July, 1949 Should you bo seeing the authorities on these lines It nay he of use to you to know that this Coapany has been la elose touoh with the asasuros ta. sn In this country sines the risk wee first cuspseted, and thee we were all of na ln.trun.ntal In the drafting of what eventually beeaae the 1931 Aabestoala Medical Schsae, which scheduled certain operations In the nanufacture of asbestos goods, so that the workers concerned are subject to Initial sad periodical aedieal examination, as a result of Which they any be suspended from further work in any of these scheduled occupations, and the employer was until recently liable to pey compensation. As the date of tha sehoae indicates, the preparatory work was carried out prior to the developsant of Spray, which also started to bo used In 1931, so that spraying la not a scheduled operation. ; . . > ; ; ; .. ' Xoro reccntly tbs 1931 oshsas was embodied la the Rational Insurance;(Industrial Injuries) Act 1946, where all dust'diseases$fneh''as;silicosis, asbsstosls, eta., are covered under'the gansn$ibcadiag of "pneuaoeonioals*- Bv-.i^'-Fewifeljr-beeause Spray was not a scheduled occupation the awtheritiealaloodon.and particularly Sr. X.JUA. Nwrswsther, havnalways kspt ln touch with no, and wo recently gave tha Sector a desamtretio* of dnstlssa spraying astheds with which he appeared tcdbe:eulte sstl*fled,' so that wo do-not expect any further : edaplicatleaf(provlded,thesbey nCoawnamdeiatnhoPdsataernet pSonmsbpetrl LSfsfd'of . and Canadian Appllsatlon (star 571,767 Of; $ no doubt you time lafbrm us '.T*0v.v/r'itir-4j Dashlasswltk , ' ,tp approash the authorltias oa ysur aide know ln the near future, and at the same you dan asrango to replaso your existing dsstlsss pattern.:, 1 ?:*&'$'i'V-o>**." ' ` `' i fc-wribi.a Tours sincerely st'ir."?'-