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II litmti rrca The Isbestos Industry i.i.t o. 1931 Segulatlous, n,mo ' 1931 tea far aa particularly applleabla ta hswalla laaolattaa Co. Ltd.) Daflnltlnn. . . . Irtfatoa waai any fibrous sllloate nlneral, and any adnlxtum containing any anah mineral, whether anla. sruabad n opened. ' isbeato. titlli. naana yarn or cloth eonpoaad of asbostea er aabaatna alnd with any other notarial. p*raaaaa infoitrtlnllalfUll.nnataanlataamthaahlnogw,ndinlaglnotfagaraabtelnsatn.l.and any ' otbar w . taBmta naana approved far tha tlna Paine la writing by tha Chief luapaator ef factorial. Braathlnr gnparetaa naana (1) a balnat or faaa plaea with neeosaary oannaatlona by naana ef which a paraon using it Praatbaa air free Iron dust, or (2) any other approved apparatna. 3" ,,(1) *h naklnf'or repairing of Insulating nattraaaaa conpaaad (ll).'- Inoveryrooh in which tha making or repairing' of Insulating nattraaaaa la aarrlad qn -- ti.,,; -...... .. ... 4datnaU ajxhanst and Inlet wantllntlon In aeoordanao ..........with arrongawnts ta Pa anarovad in aach aaaa ahall Pa prealdad yid nalntaloed| > 1 - ` fthita Paraon ether than theaa engaged in filling. Paatlng. wltiolUai ahall Pa present whllat anch praaaaaaa are ' .fhlS. halh( unM an and work ahall mat Pa manned In tha ` ***? filling, Panting,- or levelling, for at leaat - a4nrtpj tan alautaer >; / ..-r : > ,,.V (a) tha flaari and Panahaa ahall Pa kept danpad aa aa effeartnally ta prevent dnat ariling tharefrw} and . (d) tha aevera ahall Pe effectually danpad laiaedlataly after Palng ant ant and la tha aaaa of fibre,filled nattmama, ahall Pa kept denp whilst fining, PeaUng er laTelling la Palng oarrled an. I 7* (1) In ewer/ row la which any of tha requirements of theaa legnlatlen* apply - (a) the floors, weak Panahaa and plant ahall Pa kept la a ' . alaonly atata and free frm aep.eto. debris and aultable.; I II y'W J 12 - o rs W: :. nnamiwa wan la ooaelnaloa them are a masher ef mlsoellaosou points - j parti/ applleabla ta tha question ef aabaatasla generally - which reqube ta Pe nantlaaed, aa that the platnm will Pe eonplete and can be aansldered in tha proper perapeetlTOi- 1. Prw a atatlatlaal point of view, considerable earn 1, necessary whan drawing general eoneluilooe fren Tax/ United data. Jn leleCoeltd'a case them warn only six ssbsstosl^cases anangat their employees daring tha 17 years to 1948 and during tha farther six years ta 1994 them warn only 14 eases) we am therefore dealing with wary wall numbers, 2. Arlaing frw tha aboro paint, It ip dear that wa should , '**4 *xt,n* 9f Mbeatoals of asPeatosls eaaaa la pf plllaoala and ether otMf laluetrld iJfcUfeJiS.iS V* , iTaa aa,- It la clearly essential that all appropriate praaantlana against tha rlak should Pa taken far the sake eT ear anplayeea, and alaa that all statutory obliga tioaa should Pa aenpllad withe ' The annual report of tha Chief Xnapaator ef factories far tha year 1952 (Oassnand Paper 9154 lamed In June 1954) eontalne ah Interesting Tahla an page 171 recording the number of paswoeoaiesls eases In Ingland and Valea each year frw 1941 ta 1951 Inclusive, Parlay that period tha nwber pf aaPaataala eaaas ranged fma 8 ta 18 in any one year, wfaamaa alllaosla oases ranged frcndOi ta 631, and pnawaaonloala eaaaa (ether than slllpoals) ` la aoal alnlag ranged daring tha last sic years ef tha period frw 230 ta 990 aaaaie Taking tha year 1952 alone, tha grand total pf poawaaaoleala annas was 1,905, ef which only H warn asbestosls aaaas, and fas tlha whale period at twelve years UUfddtViliOlIrtliiasiirie n r n ir in i' n m iii~ n r I nai -u the (lul total at pnenmesonloals uni vh li,d!9 of which only 142 vm uktituU UHii ( fho foot that the Poonmoeonlools Nodical Board! now . fuaotloa under the Ministry of Insorsooc mad ara concerned with all types of pneumoconiosis (wharoaa tha isbeatosla Madlaal Board until ' lta replacement In 1948 ms oonoaraad with aabastosla only) has .1 oauaad osrtala dlaadvantcyos fna tha point of wlaw of employers la ' tha asbaatos Industry, lnolndlny tha followloyi- (a) Than la no statutory obliyatlon on tha Pnauaooonloala Kadloal ' Board to Inform tha employer that any employe* 1* eufrerlny from aabastosla. Irranjtamsnta vara however mads by soma ,-j ' of oar Salt Companies la or shortly eftey^l$48 with ons or two i at tha Madlsal Boards wharsby tha lattar synod that whan an st alloys* has actually bn snspandad baoausa of aabastosla "' itha Madlsal Board would Inform tha Dolt Company. Bat In any ass whan an a^laysa who la ormr 4$ yaara of aya and has had 20 yaara' aarrloa In tha aaplaymsnt oonoarnad la found by tha Madlsal Board ta ba saffarlny from aabastosla (not aeaoapanlad by thbaranloala) ba aannot ba snspandad compulsorily and If ha slants to oontlma at work and not to ba snspandad (aaa tha Proscribal Diseases Baynlatlona - Bo.40 - and tha Third Sohadole) than tha Madlsal Board cannot (without his ooassnt) tall tbs smployor that ba la saffarlny from aabastosla. It la poaslhls thanfon that for several yaara an saployar nay not know that ana or two of hla man an anfforlny from asbaatoalsi and It will ba appreciated that In tha eaaa of tha T.1 I. Oroup If wo von Informed dlmot by tha Medical Board In saeh sueh cans, wa eould In appropriate alnumatanooa, as la our practise, arranya for a ehaaye of oaonpatlon and whan naoaaaary an ax yratla payment towards tha loss of myaa Involved. me I - 14 . paanseasalaalf and tha Beard it not allowed either to state 'J| la the certificate or to advise tha ampley*r vhieh typa of J] pnanaooonloala la lnvolvod. Prom our point of vlov this la jj a neat nnaatlafaatory stats of affalxa since m cannot ba ^ c.rteliy whatbar any snspandad eaea la actually suffsrlny free aaboatoala or from earns other form of pneunooonloala, then j has bean a raaoot lnatanea within tha Oroup whan an employ** who bed prevlooely bed ever 20 ye ara1 occupation aa a seal *1 nluar baa baan certified aa snffarlny from pnomoooniosla, J and hla aasa has thanfon bean included la our Hat of j oeboetoala sasoa. It was thouyht very likely bowaver that j ha vaa In fast euffarlny from allleoala and net from aabaatoell; at oil, and this view has been unofficially and eonfldantlally v oonflraad. ' () Tha fact that tha eertlfleate tlvoa by tbs Medical Board | jj' only usaa the yanarlc name of pnmoooalotla In, n font ta ba Bindborne la If and whanavor any Common Law claims an mads 1 * ayalnet St at ear Unit Companies an tbs naan of nayllyanaa j or krtaoh of statutory duty. In tha event of sueh a claim ^ ' : 3 . bslny.mada, aarly eontaot with the Madlsal Board la advtaabl<| o ' ' as than la always tha possibility that tha claimant In not i euffarlny from asbestosla and It alyht baooma naoaaaary for j a member of tha Madlsal Board to bo sailed to ylva avldsnoa '! as to tha typa of paeMoeonlosls from which the claimant la euffarlny. X- 1 1>5*.