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\y Received 2/10/58. COPY. \~ r.C'C- ~ 30th September. 1953 'll CJ o r. A. Kins, irsctor, erth Chest Clinic, PERTH. Deer Dr. King, Don informs ne that you v/ish an estimate of the incidence of asbestosis in the industry. Your recent answer to questions in the Legislative Assembly contains all the information available, i.e.. . %Five out of 251* workers were diagnosed as suffering from asbestosis or roughly 5 in an x-ray survey which included all the workers *t "'ittencom. All the workers in the asbestos industry will be x-rayed again early in 1959, and it should be possible to gain a more reliable indication of the in cidence of asbestosis. If the Hine .orkers' Relief Act is amended, I '.'ill re-classify, after a clinicsl examin ation, the previously diagnosed cases. Yours sincerely, J. HclTULTY 7 -3