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HHBB-0009776 f vr-c f2_ l3 'ey' a X: ~ =n ~-S5 References to Recent Literature - 2 provide use dust control equipment. If the contractor fails to comply and to continue compliance with the order, tho Labor Department will take a sample of the dust at drilling as evidence, and will prohibit further use of the drills in volved, identifying them with a red tag and will begin prosecution. Where drill ing contracts aro of short duration, arrangements are made for prompt analysis of dust samples. For further details on this code soe Abstract No. 19, this bulletin (B) Papers on Dust. Dust Diseases and.Oeneral Industrial Hveiena^ 6 INuUSTRI.l MEDICINE *NE THE MaNUFhCTURER. D.M. Schafer. Ind. Med. 7, 662-4 (November 1956). In this short article, the author outlines the work being dono by the Comnitteo on Healthful Working Conditions of the National Association of Manufacturers, Their object is to promote bettor health measures not only in the larger companies where much has already been dcnc but also to dioser.incte this information to tho smaller industries which do not in many cases have access to it. Their plan is ono of cooruir.ation in which they will gather the essential facts from the scientific side of industrial hygiene and propare them so that the industrialist con sao what they mean and what they car. do fer his factory. 7 DEVELOPMENT OFINDUSTRIAL HYGIENE IN THE UNITED STaTES. J.J. Bloomfield. Am.J. Pub. Health, 28, 1388-97 (December 193B). Industrial hygiene activities have increased tremendously in the past two or three years -ind there are now 26 status having industrial hygiene department*, with 6 others making surveys to determine their needs. The health of industrial orployei.a, howovor, is not entirely one of industrial exposure but is closely b.und up with a comprehensive program of general adult health. The author sug gests as a health program a strong industrial hygiene department which can guide and coordinate oxisting public health activities along adult hygiene Uses, 8 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF FACTORIES kHD WORKSHOPS FOR THE TEAR 1937. H.M. Stationery Office, London (1938), (British). Tho contents of thi3 report, particularly of tho chapter on "Health," should be of special interest. Under a now act, tho hours of employment of young persons is further restricted and it is considerod that more froquont periodic physical examinations should be made of tho younger employoes. The number of eases of load poisoning was the lowest since the diseaso became notifiablo but five cases of mercurial poisoning were recorded and tho symptoms aro mentioned in the roport because of their dissimilarity from classical signs. There was an increase in thi number of cases of cplthelionatous ulceration particularly in tar distilling and cotton mule spinning. In tho section dealing with dust, it is notod that the sub stitution of non-siliceous abrasive for sand continues to increase. In the steel industry, bocause of recently inoroasod production, tbore was on increased risk of silicosis to men who break down and rebuild Siomen's furnaces. In some plants permanent gangs of men do such work, whoro oxhaust ventilation is difficult to apply, and, because of the heat, respirators are inconvenient to wear. It would appear that the only applicable preventive measure would be in tho substitution of some hornless material for tho silica. 9 REDUCING COST CF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION IN INDUSTRY. D. Harrington. U.B. Bur. Mines, Inf. Circ. No. 7020 (Juno 1936). Obtainable from Supt, of Docunonts, Wash ington, D. C. In many states the cost of workmen's compensation has risen during the past yoar and proposals to increase benefits to employees are boforc the legislatures of many states, which will cause further sharp rises. Also, occupational disoase (