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Industrial Hygiene Digest June, 1957 COMING EVENTS 706 July 1 -6 July 8-12 July 17-20 Aug. 5-10 Aug. 7-9 Aug. 12-23 Aug. 25-29 Sept. 8-12 Sept. 9-13 Sept. 16-Nov. 8 Sept. 23-24 Sept, 23-25 Twelfth International Confer* ice on Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland. (See news item ic January l.Hgctt) Fourth International Poliomyelitis Cop.lsrei ce, Geneva, Switzerland. Thirty.eighth Southern Industrial Relations Conference, Blue Ridge, N. Car. Course la Audiology for Industry, Colby College, WaterviUe, Me. (See news item) Sixth Annual Conference on Industrial Applications of X-Ray Analysis, Denver, Colo. Courses in Noise Reduction, M. I. T., Cambridge, Mass. See news Item in May Digest) American Institute of Biological Sciences, Stanford, Calif. American Chemical Society, 132nd National Meeting, New York, N Y. Instrument Society of Americ,*., 12th Annual Instrument Automation Congress, Cleveland, O. Course in Occupational Health, Institute of Industrial Medicine, New York University. (See news item in April Digest) Steel Founders'Society of America, Fall Meeting, Hot Springs, Va. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fall Meeting, Hertford, Conn. OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE STATISTICS 70? Occupational Disease Statistics. (Cases reported to the respective Health Departments). Colo. Mar. 1-957 Conn. Apr. 1957 Ind. Apr. 1957 Mj. Apr, 1957 Tenn. Feb. -Apr. ' 1957 Total Acid tremor Brucellosis Carbon monoxide Chemical burns and abrasion Dermatitis Eye Irritation Lead Lung irritation, acid fumes Silicone fumes Inhaled Silicosis Sllico-tuberculosis Solvents Sulfate poisoning Toxic hepatitis (chemicals NOC) Urticaria, entire body Miscellaneous and unknown Total 1 1 26 2 6 3 5 44 62* 5* 22* 1 1 1 Ts-- ~~s 1 TT" 1 5 1 27* 1 6 1 1 l 1 3 48 1 1 6 1 142 1 9 1 1 7 l 3 l 1 1 8 TaF" * Causes are listed in the following reports: Connecticut; oils, fat*, and wuu.t, 17; solvents N'JC, 13; synthelc resins and chemicals, 5; duat, inorganic 3, infectious, 3; duel, metals aod compounds 2; cMorr-naphthalene and chlorodiphenyl, 2; abnormalities of temperature, acidi-, alkalies, chcn>l:*'-l.*> HOC, chlorinated hydrocorbons, plating solutions MOC, and soap solutions, glue, etc., 1 each; and undetermined, 10. ludiana; solvents 2; dust treatment cf coal, resi.n, and cutting oil, 1 each. Missouri; poison ork, 1; not specified, 21. Tennessee: infections, 2; sizing, 1; chemicals, 1; and uot specified, 21. 11 206 1029 2.