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Digest of Industrial Hygiene - 18. expressed in ponderous medical terminology which is perfectly understandable t bia and other asdieel witnesses but is absolutely unintelligible to tbs lay Jury. 483 Health Maintenance in Snail Industry. R.B. Robson. Am.J.Pub.Health 31_, 162-6 (February, 1941). The author relates hov a practical health program is successfully conducted in small plant with 20G employees by a part-time doctor and a part-time nurse. Th> doctor's duties inolude preemploymont and examinations, monthly trips o: inspection accompanied by the plant director and visits alone at irregular in tervals. The nurse devotes half bar time each day to company work including p sense in tho first-aid roam at a specified time, keeping records of all employ absences, and visits to the horns of new end absent employees* First-aid equip meat costs about $300 and the rost of the service coate about $10 per employee por year. Sick absenteeism has decreased from 2.7 to 0.85 days par employes p year under this plan. Tima lost through accidents has also decreased. The co of accident oases is not Included in the above figures sinco it is paid direct' through the Compensation Board. In those times of Increasing taxes, the autho: points out, a medical service must be an asset, not n liability, end more than humanitarian reasons are necessary to justify the cost of a small-plant median program. 404 Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops. 1939. Chanter Health. J.C. Bridge. H. M. Stationery Office. London. 1940. The present war emergency has affected the health of the worker, not only la 1 oreaaod accidents, but also on account of blackouts, increase In working hours general anxiety end retardation in applying now reforms. Among industrial die oases, lead poisoning has remained at a low level, but mercury poisoning has i creased, as has hiso ehrams ulceration. Arsenical poisoning has occurred la inseotioida manufacture. Dermatitis has Increased, but allicoala is at a atea still. Sevoral fuses and gasos arc discussed. The first ease of fluorine osteosclerosis was reported in 1939. First aid in industry has received an 1m petus from the intensive preparation for national defense. Industry la more o more realizing the Importance of medical supervision, and mure fUU-tlme and part-time medical directors and nurses are being employed. 485 The Industrial Health Program in Maryland. R.B. Film. Maryland State Dept. Health Monthly Bull., 13, 30-35 (June, 1941). This is an account of the intensified industrial health aotivltles in Maryland By tho cooperative provision of 0.8. Public Health Service personnel' to serve until permanent anointments are made, a broad program la being oarried on. Practical surveys of scam forty Industrial plants are done la cooperation wit! the county health officers and their staffs. Educational efforts of various kinds are being put into operation. It la emphasized that the eucoeaBful pro* motion of an industrial health program can best be accomplished by the close!] ^ o combined efforts of the phyelolan, the industrial hygieno engineer, and the chemist, in collaboration with other state, local and federal agendas, the accident commission, nodical societies, employer and oqplqyse groups, univeraj ties and companion interested in industrial casualty insurance, 486 Supplement #4. Occupation and Health. Intern. Labour Office. Genova, 1940. This brochure contains four additions to the Encyclopedia of Rygleas, Patholo and Social Welfare; (i) Adaptation and Rehabilitation; (2) Coracoiditie; (9$ Occupational tvmora; (4) Yorkers Nutrition. The third section la a oontinuatl of previous articles on tusers -- this one doola with thoso of the digestive system*