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'IV, ' ' 'V^t i,C''Vk'. ' S/9 * ItiURh & ft^laMriai Ctstar Ttbnii? 7, 1966 J. A. Veraeulan cci A. C. 8nlth - (2) Soldfield - (19) bock or ax? to tubbbb aoe. ASBESTOS 00., LTD. rat bo. x or z G0BBXAX ABO HKAU9 rKU&U*> RECEIVED A. C. SMITH FEB 101966 OtMTtl Tumor Bros, is * conpeny employing $,000 pr pie In severe! plant*, the largest being la Bochdals and the Hendlsy-Oreen plant about twenty Um angr. Day Manufacture asbestoe textilea, abaeter eateriala, aabaatoa fabrics for brake lining and clutch faeinga, rubber rings, conveyer bolting, bolts, and fibre glass ravings which tha/ vans* Into a cloth, lbs slat of their operation nay bo appreciated fra the fhet that at Bochdala X ana a textile operation with 103 cards producing 70-9C lbs. per hour of para each. They had four fibre preparation eyrteae each with a capacity of 3,000 lbs. per tour. At BaadlayOreea, tha building, la which rubber rings and conveyor halts are ads, has a floor area of 900,000 s%. ft. the Toner Bros, ccapsay is a part of the Timor Bewail poop, which aaplsps $ , , .bO,000 people, has yearly salsa of shout $300,000,000 and profits of obout 22 000 000 X spoat a full week visiting st Bochdala and Hondlsy-ttnoan. A progrvn was prepared for ay visit and faithfully followed. It is sppondsd to the rapart as tedosur* 1. Bnelosur* 2 shows n list of scat of the people when X art and with when 1 discussed maeroua subjects of coaeon interest. Xn the interest of clarity, X have divided my report into two ports, this an an health problem end s second on production facilities. Bechiround of Activities ^ BmIUs sctlvitiee in Boglish asbestos factories date fws 1931 'As# tha Asbestos Industry Bsgulntlons wore femulated. These regulations ware apta-red by s report Issued la 1930 by Or. Merewether, which ahmed that 90.9% of vortefa with 20 yeere or eore service ^ ibe esbeatca ladustriss -2 - bowed ivldeacs of fibrosis. Tnese figures are public lied by mb la the industry together with figures that show *. reduction to an incidence at 3% for employee* starting after 192'- The measures far controlling dust bare bees effective but not wholly so* Health Ccnmlttee The health problems at Turner Brae. are supervised end acnltcrcd by a rather Mg* Jevi cameitte* of the foilcasing personnels Mr. Hill, Managing Director of Turner Bros, reporting to Mr. Waddell; Nr. Hill is Chairman of the Health Ccemlttee. Mr. Pierce, Director of Turner Bros., Production Manager in charge of the tvo plants. Dr. Knox, Medical Dr. btr.ii, Medical Mr. Rhodes, Rochdale Works Manager Sir. wacksao, hendJLey-areen Works Manager Mr. Arnold, Central Personnel Mr. Bsablin, Manager, engineering Desl^i This ccoaittee meets shout once every tvo months and focuses attention on the moat Important health problems. A nesting may be carried to the floor of the plant to investigate particular health problems. AsbestosIs Research Council The asbestos manufacturers In Ingland, especially Turner Bros., Cape Asbestos, and British Belting have established e Joint council that permits sirhangs of health information and conducts joint research activities on health problems. Role of the Doctor Dr. Knox takes ea aggressive role in the health program. Hie primary function la to give examinations end examine chest X-rays. Ha has the advantage that svw, Ycrkcr who diet is s^np* U 2. PrJrly collate records era therefore being compiled on medical evidence found during autopsies and their relation to duet exposure. 3 Si Is ecmiaotd that thm la a correlation between p<avri to Mb--too fib-- iipwUUjr crocidoilte end lung oeneer. St also go-- into the plant and insists that bad conditions bo cce--etad. Puat Counting tha duat counting activities of Tumor Bros. ara out11nod In two --porta that X brought book "Be--lopnasta In Boat Bailing and Counting Tacbalg--a la tha Asbestos industry' oy 8. Maui and "Asbestos Shat and Xta Measu-- i--U* by c. 0. Addlaglay. Tha dust counting eetlvlti-- of Tumor Bras* a-- on a such higher facial oaf la--1 than aura. Hr. 8. Bala--, In charge of their Ibgralea Saaaarch section, aqparvle-- tha-- activities. Thar had usad the Tbereal P--elpltator asthod for aany rears. Xa recont yoars they ha-- developed a now netted nalag Aram filters to catch aanpl--. nay count under a microscope, counting only fibrea* A caaploto description of this aotbod of dart counting ia available in tha reports aaetlcned above. Per --nr repid, elnost instantamo-- --altering. they are ualng a Bqroo lnotrweat tieh la a sophisticated, alactronlo --dies using scattered light to dated duet jertlel--. This lactstasst can ts used fer <l<gr-to-d*y aaait'v* lag to lanuro that coodltlona do not datorlcrato and to gplddy dect tha efficiency of dust control changes. Tha lnatroaant ia worth $1-$10,000. Tha dust oooatlag dona by Saaoarcb Inanraa that a eonataat chad ia aada ca tha aathod used and constant att--pfe to I---- and aor--latn with ptyslologlcal data oarrind on. They taka a din viaw of our not of tha Oraanbnrg Balth laplnper mthod of a--jil In, although X belie-- that tha raleti-- raaolta obtained eaa ha alaoat m useful -- tha-- obtained with their -- seen--ia nethot. Tha is an ad--stags to carrying on ana type of tochnig-- ownr Sang periods of tine. Vt don't In-- tha problan of getting cor--laticna anang --ricas tort lhe-- la an 1--orient differsa-- la philosophy between the uae aada by Tuner hr--, aad JnOna Weevil la of the --suite of dust oownta. he --a tha --salts of the 0--edum-lnith imlnaer oownta to del anal--' hather -- ere abo-- or below--arbitraryUaltof 9,000.000 partial-- par oUble foot -- 1,000,000 fib--a par sable foot. The lab a--a the point that -- ha-- ale heals far tha-- Units. Bo cne haovs tha lower Unit of Mwali^Saa that will oaaas lung hug. Any a-- their counts to data--1-- that controls a-- rasaInlng effUotl-- and to pick cut the a-- cf worst rinmin whlah ttev t^-- com--t--to on trrlii to laa-- a--n tteud t-- * oaanta a-- wall below tha Units -- night be sat by --. _J. - A.... S.K *joa a. s.00 fjk 3.00 to J%f . . to V)0A *J *> - . . . .1*-- .A..".._v. .... .--i... *