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FILE NAME: Household Contact (HC) DATE: 1899 DOC#: HC042 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Excerpt - Annual Report of the Chief Inspector Factories-and-Workshops . V cF ANNUAL REPORT *.r T a -- .-- 7f!T -- /fi CHiEiF I n s p e c t o r " or '-AND -WORKSEOPS 7cr te-Year 1899. ggg^w ^aaiaaiifgataaiam tBiaaam anaafO afq^rnn;; *t** BOT!?/f0Ei r r:oE> ,oms^fSgfKa^', V -h C i, ^ '^Wfc* **4N*V *' i^'U*^*H** ***^tV. **U* . .'.T^ '/* obSia ed a ccrciie from ta approved Uoctar-caEg dmt tie r 2 rr? t r ? ; .'^ r .2 -N, : '" abscesses, e r emotions oi w sida. These" certisiss-asast- bo jmbcrcd aad krr.t - wiwre they cm lit estasned on demand by-the Inspecter........ .- .... ....,%. ' V *1: The employer, most'pat tii'e health of hie workers under t h o e s aC.adculur.Trhcte 1' name aad address he n sead to the District Inspectai. This doctor saat ersmiaa tho workers at least oaee a month; withn pedal TdewJa.discoariBg-ahsscsrs3 nr-:h7 skin, or diseases of the aoso sad throat. . * - ,. .**. ___ t -- 12.. The employer mast see that the worker* pay attention to abrasion of the Ida cron ofr th lightest kind^specially on their hands, aad that they am treated at by tho" . doctor, or other responsible agent.chosen by th<Minctar,aad propc d r''baadj- c,JL Daily " " b*fw V ,ifc" ''"mam f.w osir the doctor-cr-hii . .: examiB the hands, 3fla^eodaeoeef the weeiasa. : * 4 . . . ... * * . ' . *. . ' *\ '. ' 13. By order ot the doctor all workers hawing symptoms oi-.chrono poiserJr.- for * * ' ..'V example, t bacesac or purforatloae of tho membrane of tho corn, bail bo .orycadiHL .------- ----------------- from work until RBpIS!S*5iS[75?yrbut all workers hawing suaccpbilitv bail be permaoenUy esdudwd fntm employment in brome procueees. : * JA. Iho uuipiuyur uiiuuk keep -isaiui r^i*u;r ur by hi appoint agvnt, tuui be responsible for the "completeness sad accuracy-of the entries s o b r u they are not and# by the doctor.* The register hall contain : (1) The name of the employer or agent. " a. (S) The tam e of (he appointed doctor. . (3) The same of any sick worker* ~- . (4) The oatarr of-the affection and occopotion of th* worker. (5) The date of the affection of tho worker. (6) The dale, recovery, or termination of employment. (7) The date and rem its of the general medical mmiaation prescribed by Bale 11. r 15. The employer o u t laydown roles for the workera which in addition to indicating the precautions prescribed in Roles 5 aad tj tuach on tho following >-- .. (1) Worker mast not bring food into workrooms, and meals may only bo token in the place provided in accorilance with Hale ft. (2) The worker most wear his appointed overall, respirator, and other attune of protection in the workrooms and procrams for which they are prescribed. (3) The worker most thoroughly wash hands aad face before meals: at the dose o f work aad before leaving the works most ak e off the working clothes provided, care fully wash hands aad face, aad rinse his month and nostrils. Walking meet be given in the mica for workers that anyone repeatedly disregarding them will be liable to u without notioe aad before the termination of the agreement. ' r ^LT*** : pfnrm \ : .^ * 16. An abstract or copy of the above Bales 1 to 1 hall beaiBxed in every workroom and in dock room aad dining room ia each a way that it can only be read. # Among other dusty processes which engaged the attention of J/vw Paterson and myseif m 1899 were those in works for the. manufacture of non-conducting jacketing for pipes, involving use of asbestos (the injuriousness of which substance was demonstrated in Inat year** report), and certain hempen-rope aad suil-clath works. In both sets of factories the action necessary to seenre exhaust ventilation required for the removal of the dust from the point_atwhich it is generated has extended irito the present year. .... ............ J. In the latter chss of work we {bund a-carious, unnecessary, and merit undesirable mode of employment of little girls, whose duty it was to pock refuse Of flax and hemp into large hugs or sacks. In order to pack the* material tightly, they got inside the neks and vigorously tramped it down;- Apart from ocher objeedans^ the necessary inhalation of excessive quantities of the dangerous dust, iuid the absorption of it in their clothes, made it moat desirable tu put au coil to the practice. " . " (i) jtmtMf am W O l>, Something lias lcn (Kmc, though not nearly us much us I could wish had otherpressiug work permitted, to follow up administratively the w ort begun by way of enquiry into the unhealthy condition in hatters' furriers' works (jwe pagcsil 66--3 of laat ycarV^Eryort). Miss Peterson-and- Mi&T^pdre have-tnkeir-weeps tosecuru miprovcd-'vendhdbu in- 'soma ot the.worst cases, aad Afiss Spare --yv'-r-. <. for their w ort. I was much impressed by the effects.of mercury,on the workers.-as siiown