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IlX 0U IIH fcruhe 27, 19U ' *?- u c. axmxL 'Tiesd'ESSiccr, cans? irrscroiicr S Attached It a report os a irir aade to Bostreel, Asbestos, ' Tbetford Vises, and Quebec, October lf-2L. tbs primary purpose t this trip iu to dsterviae the reams for the high tuberculosis mortality rate is ear Group bocLasse at Tbs tford hiaet, and to offer advie* oa the .ostabllssneat sf so ladastrial health eliaic lx tbstfort lines. T>i trip coincided vith tbs trip Hr* fehnel bad beta asked to asks la 'order to secure sanies of asbestos dust la the Johns-tanviUe alas la /' Asbestos, Qnee tbile la Canada, through Sr. Terry and Hr. V. J. Barrett, ar*aacsaeats sere made for Ir. Fshnel sad as to visit eartala groups la Kiatrcd. Dewlo*snts sad observations based oa this trip sro oa the ^attacked statoaaat. further daveloomeat* aloes tbs trip arcs (1) tbs appolatest of Dr. Jacques Cartier, Bho Is sa expert . Oa tuberculosis, as Isdleal (tractor of tbe Industrial health elide at .. Tfaetford Sines. 0* here informed Dr. Cartier, at bis reqoert, of plaess la this country that be sight properly visit to secure iafornstine oa industrial health progress, tr. Burnetts has Veen asked to do tbe ease fer bis Is Canada. (2) Sr. Cartier aad hr. Sebsixia, tbe isbeitoi *rrdwri Asso ciation's legal rsprcsoatatlvs 1s Coeds, attended the Air Hygiene founda tion1 S meeting la Tittsburgh, Koreaber 15th sec I6tb, share they conferred 4tb Dr. Lasse and tr. Gardiner. 0) Statistical dsta has been obtained fr*s the Provincial Eeelth Conertsent of Quebec and, under hr. Tune's direction, mortality rates for tuberculosis are being prepared. \ \ U) rr. Barnette t:* seat us the taforastlcn oa health data for . comunities la the Trodtea bareospere-vlth dor mortality data fer those L ease places. > ($) Stops are aoo being taken to conduct tuberculosis surreys la Tbilfcrx; Vines, Asbestos, to cocnare cltb other c"natalities In tbe Provinca. *lth tbe establlahoeat of an Industrial fatalVi clinic vs should expect eventually that tbe tuberculosis ret* iouU i t reduced. Oar prelim inary conclusion is that the asbestos ***{ u>t? processing does not contri* buto to tbe tuberculosis rite, but reflects e condition #i!cb proraHs in s aiBbcr of eoesranltUs la tbs Provinea vhsrt personal hyglsn* aad living habits arc pooh and health supervision is Inadequate. Because of a delay In getting bis equipment beck *roc Canada, hr. fahnel'a report dll be delayed. CC to pr. Bnreeroft George I* Vheetlay, h.D. Assistant Hedleal Director