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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR
DATE 1961 July 31
DOC CSR041
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to CSR Staff Manager from H. Rennie RE Letter from Dr. Bruce Hunt Describing Conditions at
Wittenoom as a Public Menace
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H. MAYNARD RENNIE
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MACQUARIE CHAMBERS
TELEPHONE UW 7711
183 MACCuarie StrEET
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FuFrtherurFturther her to convey to
Witteroom
to
my
conversation
conversation
with
you
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for detailed information concerning the
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Asbestos Mine at
mon Dr. Praise Hunt of Perth wrote to me on the 25th
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follows
July
1961
as as
s
- Concerning
Mo^flultthe Mirca
Medical Officer whom I had never had the
ae
of of.meeting previoupreviosusly ly
Department in the public Health
and Dr.
Don Lethem
here
the
industrial
;
highly came to see ne resterday and we traversed traversed the
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Before
go any
further
must ask you to
.
be
very
careful
careful
about
the
the
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in which you utilise the story which I am about to tell
beneuse we
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Dr. Melulty and Dr. Lethar
make it
you
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both vervey ry clet ar hat optinistoicptinistic
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it the J
statement
Mr.
which the of Allen me regardinigncidencebustine i
which et Wittenoom
I quLetohamtaend a dnd to you in my letter does not convey an 7
Wulty working regard accurate picture Letham and
both
the
conditions is
as at Mittenoom Mittenoom very poor and state indeed that they constitute a public
: as
menace They showed no a number of films taken during
routine suster suster
the of mine workers and hed the clinical history of these men with them
suster
ry
Apparently it is muite possible to be so badly dunted as to be totally and
permanently ircanecitated within four or five years of
Ecth doctors are
wee.
the opinion t vary urzent actionaction is required It would obviously
tees
be mich better from every point of view if the initiation of better
Ventilating measures come from within the Company then as the result of
bom
be
external pressure by Mines and Health Departments As you mow in
present endeavouring wes Western Australis Western Australis Australis Australis at the
time we are
way
to boost our
in production every possible
way
and
1 public
a public
cutery
attract help to
Western Australian mining capcapital ital to
capital
is
going
is not going to
the State It
would also I qura bring about very considerable difficulties for
me
the Company in securing and maintaining an adequate lavour force
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On the other hand from what McNulty and Lethan tall re action must
definitely be taken My suggestion would be thatthat if you can apare the
to
the C.S.P.
engineer
velation velation velation velation
engineer so so that on
their records LefLtehotahrmam their films and
authorities should send you and a consultert
engineer on a tour of inspection We couldcould make
the day following your arrival McNulty McNulty and Letham
case
could be at your disposal
arrangemants
with with
with
the day
You couldfly
to Wittenoot on
the
following
morning
spent
two
or
three
three
three
doys there fly back to Perth and have another another day day with the two doctors
and be back in Sydney inside a working week
ask I do
you to regard this request very seriously because both
McNulty and Lethan are competent men of good faith and the records and
films which they showed me yesterday and the figures which they quoted are quitequite horrifying
1961 am enclosingenclosing a copyof letterletter written to Dr. Bruce Hunt by ;
Dr. J. Mculty dated 14th July
referred copies reports of recent :
an enclosing also
the
These Kekulty referred I . Dr.Kekulty Kekulty
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are eet Te et a teh To
to by
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Memorandum King to Director Dr. A.
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Tuberculosis Control Branch Perth
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Addendum Health to Wittenoom March Dr. Addendum March
23rd
Report the 1960 signed by
of Workers in Wittenoom J. McNulty
1959 dated
Survey of Wittenoom Chest Ray
1960. Signed by Dr. J. McHultyMcHulty
| est Dr. Bruce Hunt has asked for the return of these three documenta
end I shall be glad to receive them back from you in due course
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