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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF
DATE 1949 DOC IHF017
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION IHF Foundation Facts Nov
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INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
FOUNDATION
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Vol 11
to industrial concerns holding membership in
Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation
is a profit association of industries for the
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advancement of healthful working conditions
February 1949
No. 2
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About Revisions in Code Proposed by Governmental Industrial Hygienists
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A number of Foundation members have inquired about the availability of copies of the proposed Industrial Hygiene code suggested by a committee of the American
Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists This was discussed at several of
the Foundation's closed conferences last November by Mr. Charles D. Yaffe Chairman of the Committee It was stated that the draft of the proposed code was being revised and that copies would be available later
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made able
In response to inquiries Mr. Yaffe
since the conference discussion here but
advises that several changes have been
that the new draft will not be avail-
for distribution until after a meeting of the Committee in Detroit on April 1
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This meeting is in connection with the annual meetings of the American As-
f sociation of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons the American Industrial Hygiene As-
f sociation American Association of Industrial Dentists American Association of InE dustrial Nurses Inc. and American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
These organizations are holding the annual joint meeting in Detroit from April 2 to 9
Pitt and H Sponsoring Conference on Industrial Ophthalmology
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The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Industrial Hygiene Foun-
dation will sponsor a conference on industrial ophthalmology at Mellon Institute May
16 to 18. The Conference will be open to all interested persons In addition to in-
dustrial physicians the conference will be open to all persons in industry interested
in eye programs for better vision Active arranging the conference is Dr. Charles
utscher a consultant on the Foundation staff in industrial ophthalmology and a mem-
of the faculty of the Pitt Medical School
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Spring Meeting of Board of Trustees Committee Meetings
The Spring annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of Industrial Hy-
one
Foundation will be held in New York on May 12. Scene of the meeting will be Board Room of Manville Corporation one of the original Foundation members
Meanwhile
ning meetings in pectively
the New
Foundation Medical Committee and the Legal York on March 30 at the Chemists Club and
Committee are
Harvard Club
both
re-
Dr. E. Ward Tillotson to Receive Bleininger Award
thority
Dr. Edwin Ward Tillotson Assistant Director of Mellon Institute and world
thority has on 121949.
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field
ceramics been named recipient of the Bleininger Memorial Award for is the highest award given in this country for distinguished achievement
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of ceramics Dr. Tillotson was active in the organizational period of
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Industrial
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number of Foundation member companMiaeys 16 17 18.
The Conference
and the Foundation
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University of Pitsburgh Pittsburgh
Foundation
Ophthalmology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
their names names to the
sponsored by theto attend may do so by submitting
Those desiring
prior to May 15
Possible Health School Site
State Gives Pitt Armory
the Logan Armory to
has voted to turn over
The Pennsylvania Legislature
The structure near the Pitt campus
of Pittsburgh Medical Center
of which Dr. Thomas
the University
Graduate School of Public Health
over the property
be used by the new
directs the Governor to turn
may Parran is Dean
The legislation
the University to accommodate the
has been provided by
after adequate space
B Armory elsewhere
Field Projects in Progress :
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Bo lishment
members Field projects in progress for Foundation
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determine studies of communitycommunity air pollution to determine
Five separate character and volume of borne material
determinedetermine determine
industrial industrial industrial
Studies of hospital the estab-
including administration and procedures
members are underway for three different
plant
hospital costs etc.
foundries An evaluation of the silicosis problem in 20
refineries An appraisal of working conditions at oil
Special studies for Atomic Energy Commission
3 Development of a program of safe practice in the handling handling
Sulfide
SulfideSulfide
including
including
instruction of plant
operating personnel
studied studied studied
VentilationVentilation propbroblemslems at three plants at the
in connection with present time
electric electric
furnaces
of hydrogen
are
being
being
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Several Several smaller surveys
underway
involving dust and fume
control
are also
tion's
Meanwhile
Meanwhile
a
new Meanwhillaeboratory
number of involving
research projects are
industrial toxicology
underway in the
and physiology
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The above list is a partial answer to the question
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PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES 1. Medical
2. Engineering 3. Chemistry & Toxicology 4. Legal 5. Research Council
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MANAGING DIRECTOR
Chemical
Toxicology
Engineering
Research Laboratory
MELLON INSTITUTE 1. Advisory 2. Offices & Laboratories 3. Special Analytical
Laboratories & Facilities 4. Technical Assistance 5. Library
COOPERATING AGENCIES 1. Member Companies
2. University & Research
Institutions 3. Governmental Agencies
State Health & Labor Departments Public Health Service Bureau of Mines etc.
ACTIVITIES
Technical
Work with
Advancement
Assistance to
industry-
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November 1949 Annual Meeting and Conferences Set Attendance Record
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Approximately 600 persons attended the 14th Annual Meeting and Conferences
of Industrial Hygiene Foundation held at Mellon Institute Pittsburgh November 16
and 18. A breakdown of attendance largest in the Foundation's history follows
Companies
Representatives
Member Companies and Subsidiarior
Members by invitation
Special Guests
Nembers Attending Conferences Only
113 39
113 in '48 ( 24 in '48
294 299 in '48 49 ( 33 in '48 83 ( 87 in '48
426 419 in '48 173 127 in '48
599 Total Attendance
p total of 655 persons attended the five conferences as compared with 408 in 1948
in
1997
Conference Attendance
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Medical
Engineering Legal
Chemical Industrial Wastes
Ceramic 1948
1949
109 97
78 78 293
655
1948
95 131
44 84
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Texts and excerpts of most of the papers presented at the main management)
on November 17 are contained in the November annual meeting Industrial
Digest Copies are available upon request Complete transactions will be
lished as soon as possible
The sessions received national attention in the press
Exhibits on Developing Human Resources
The following Foundation members and subscribers displayed exhibits in
ponse to invitation
Elis
Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Alchem Urnational . an
Brake Shoe Company Steel Company Business Machines
Corp.
Urnational Urnational Person Medical College
auburgh Plate Glass Company
Wm H. Singer Memorial Research
Laboratory Allegheny General Hospital
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation U.S. Atomic Energy Commission U.S. Steel Corporation Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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Report by Managing Director John F. McMahon at 14th
meeting of Industrial Hygiene
annual
Foundation held at Mellon
Institute Pittsburgh November 17 1949
McMahon A.M.
New Members in 1949
Deere & Company Vacuum Oil Texas Company Sylvania
Co. Prod.Co.
Former member
Doehler Corp.
Lever Brothers Co.
Jeffrey Manufacturing
Rome Cable Co.
Co.
Metal & Thermit Corp.
Southern Mica Co. W. Va Mfgrs Assn
East Indian Railway
Field Studies
The volume of field studies carried on during
during the year was greater than
ever before Highlights of this work included half a dozen
community air pollution these were made for Foundation
surveys dealing with
glass industry and for the Atomic
Foundation Members in the steel and
studies
Energy Commission Likewise a number of
were made or are in progress to determine the health
of certain member companies The Foundation
and medical needs
showing a company what it should have
welcomes projects of this kind
to provide adequately for the health of
its employees the cost administrative
ed for a given type of firm
procedures the medical facilities need- need-
-- these constitute lasting contributions to
industry to human relations to developing human resources
labor
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Schrenk
Schrenk Schrenk Schrenk
announced to the Foundation's Foundation's membership the appointment of Dr.
as Research Director of IndustrialIndustrial Hygiene Foundation
H.H.
This pleasing
Dr. Schrenk comes to the Foundation
reputation in industrial hygiene at the U.S.
the U.S. Public Health Service Mr.
Staff Activities
The activities of the Foundation's
ticipation in programs and meetings
Association the American Association of Industrial Physicians and
American Chemical Society American Public Health
Surgeons
Council Council Manufacturing Chemists
Association National Safety
Association Grinding Wheel
Association National Paint Varnish and Lacquer
nace Manufacturers
Institute and Canadian Institute of Stove and Fur-
A Look About Us
Developments in the field of industrial
on the the
health or developments
field are coming as fast as newspaper editions
impinging
John F. McMahon --- 2
based upon sickness
evaluation of the experience as in New York and New Jersey
new later life now becoemceonomics of health in industry
requires a
Degenerative
a problem of
diseases
well they may with heart disease
management like occupational disease
annually claiming more than half a million lives
of
And
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annually
people Developing human resources
arbitrary retirement
suggest a evaluation of the rule of
every day It has
age An average of 2,700 Americans are
65 as an
should be
been stated from this platform before
reaching that
age
given to the individual's biological
that consideration
that is if he desires to
as well as his calendar
intensely practical
continue at work as many do This
age --
in the
with more and more pension plans and
question becomes
working ranks At present there is
with fewer young
eight persons of working age
one person 65 or older for
By 1975 it is
every
;
older person for every five
estimated that there will be
persons at work To put this in focus in 192o0 ne
Since most people are
occupational health
employed the
programs in industry
voluntary development and
will go far toward sanely
expansion of
solving our
harmony Plainly we cannot afford the ruinous
public resulting from management
losses to industry labor and the
America Failure of
strife Everyone loses which
offers a short
employer and employee to work together in
means
to socialism On the other
reasonable
offers a way out and the
hand attention to human
advancement of occupational health
resources
offers
procedure for bettering human relations and
one practical
ing of such procedures fortify you with the
the Foundation
resources In the forging and draft-
can be of direct assistance to
experience of other companies
you and can