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WEST SOMERSET WATER BOARD
NORTH TOWN HOUSE 3.5 STAPLEGROVE ROAD
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TI!UPIIONI! TAUll'ION 110'5
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Dear Sira,
A1beato11 I>uat
lly attention baa been drawn to II copy of the encloeed article whiob appeared recently in tbe Daily Telegraph.
I am 10111ewbat concerned about tbe Board 1 employeea wbo UM
11 BroQm & Wade K 3/65 compreseor cutting tool when cutting
a1be1to1 pipea, and it bu been noted in tbia operation tbat a conaiderable uo1mt of duet b thrown oft by tbe cutter.
I ban no doubt that your operatiTea are al.Nady equipped witb a 1uitable tao maak during tbe work or prooeaaing your p1pea. It tbia 11 10 and tbe type of 111&Bk ia eff'icient, I abould be extrue)3
obliged it you would inform e ot the type ot ask your Comp&J\Y
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JKS/JVP MR~ R' NEWTON
10th January 1964
ASBESTOSIS
I attach a cutting rrom the 'Daily Telegraph' dated 8th January which rerers to the probability or asbestos dust causing tumolll's in the lungs. Would you
pl~ase let me know ir ;you have any inrormation or
previous knowledge or thia association.
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ASBESTOS DUST
CAUSED TUMOUR
AFI'ER 40 YEARS
Dll1 Teleara,h Repori.r
Four minute rartlcles of albutos Inhaled <40 YH" ago were the
"Jo"hn.. R"e'illlyu,ll1l1n1ihdrIinvetrh.oo,.~Sa.n.ra.b, Strttt. Sltpney, it wu u1d 11 Poplar inquest yal'Crday. All
open Terchct was recorded.
Dr. Dermot O'Brien Hourihane.
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Jtt:~ ~Cto:-~ee:i:e i::.1:d~c7t n, usually toolt about 20 ,ars lor
the condition to develop. Reilly could line inhaled ubestos dusl when worlt1n1 u a tauer ill 1923.
conntetion between ubestoa
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; coered ill 1957 when people
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Dr, A. Gonloa l>a'tla. the
; Coloner, said: "It la ~ I
well ,-plied aa a dansor of tlJi
I =1e : - of aabestos and die -tact llled ont, be allpL It la lleeotn Ill.I _,. mmlllGII aman~ wlio llan wortad with 1 "
South African ln4iulrfea
Lift nl&ht I doctor 1np1ed an
~ rutal'ch into the dlauM uid : " It
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halin1 uhestoa dust will cause Inns tumours. A South Africaa
doctor II In llrltala at the momut
IDquirinl Into Ille diaaue."
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ASBESTOS DUST CA'L'SED Tl.Jl,mTJR AFTER 40 ~...AllS
Pour minute particles or asbeatos inhaled 40 years ago were the cause ot tumoura in the lung6 or John Reilly, taxi
driver, ot Sanrab Street, Stepney, it was ~aid at a Poplar
inqueat yesterday, An open verdict was recorded.
/ ::pr. Dermot 0 1:Brien ~ouriha.ne, pathologist, said that ~
a 1t:J!'Y l1 ttle a11b~11'toa need be inhaled, It u11uall3 took about 2d nara tor :j;he'condition to develop, Beilq could ban
inhaled &\U9!oa d~t when wond.ng aa a lager ill 1923,
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\.~ oanneotion b~n ubeatos d~t and the dieeaae wu
diaoOT~~.in 19S7~-e-11eople linng near the ubeatos aine
ill Sout~~~d tumours.
Dr, .l, Gordon Danea, the Coroner &11141 'It is beoClld.ng well reoognieed as a danger of the use ot asbestos and the conta.ct need on]3 be 11.ight. It h becoming ore ooaon eaong people
who have woiited with aabe11toa,'
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our NpreaetatiTe 1D 'l'errito17 906, Kr. T. B. Lee,
baa ~ t drawn a7 attention to a report which appeared. 1a a Ncent iaaue ot 'the Dail.7 'l'ele6Jl'aph. In Tiew ~ 'the natUN ot tho comment l thought it worth while to briq, in tUl'D, 'thia report to 7our attention an4 accor41Dal7 a cop7 1 attached..
l appreciate 'that th1a report aay haTe ooae to light
throuah the ae4ia ~ 'the preea cutttna aenice but, m
'the other haD4, 11; llight tor aoae reaaon or other haTe been werlooJte4.
'l'o ae 'the reaarka aeea unneoonaril.7 alaraiat an4 ot an unjuatt-riable an4 4aaaaina character. Perhapa it 1 11141cat1Te ot tho licence which aoe Coronenaea to ~07 or aaW11e u part ot 'their appointment.
'l'alten to the lillit one oan 1aa11De all eapl07eea an4 uera 1D aJl1' way ooueoted With aabeato aakiq tor danier aone7 u/J/or an 1114emnit7e
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