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FILE NAME: Colonial Sugar Refinery (CSR) DATE: 1948 June 6 DOC#: CSR019 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Excerpt - Letter to Perth Dept of Health RE Evidence of Asbestos Absorbed in Lungs with Handwritten Note by Dept of Health Dr C E Cook Dept of Public Health 57 Murray Street PERTH Dear Dr Cook June 6th, 1948 Moreover, I've an eye on the future - the asbestos mill at Wittenoom, off the record operates wxthout any sort of du extraction whatsoever-, and since the "incubatron perrod of asbestos is so much less than SxO_, xn a year or two a b a wxjlx produce the richest and most lethal crop of cases of asbestosi ?S ?he w o o d ' s literature. I've looted at L'actSiy asbestos bodies, not evidence xndeed that f^rosxs xs actual y nresent but clearly proving the absorptxon of the toxxc agent. Naturally, I ?hink some of these chests should be looked xnto. With best wishes, Yours faithfully Eric G. Saint - . o u - *4/<fcS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. D istrict M edical Officer. D ate. T"/ x ^ \b ; LaC Sx-* .......... .V..<?Srrih?^]L^.. JfoV-t?.. \J^r-^M....:..idu_t.... ......... h*r*r^... .j^r^'.....).rr<>^ ...... - O ......................................... ........................ ....3.Lf....................... lh>... crr^.l^): ....... ^ju^--^......Q f .^ .r ^ J L i........................................................... ( A .. i^rvwi-^iw...^/irtr^^rr:................... Ta J c^ M ^ ...... ,~~~?L.................. .............................. } ..{ ^ ^ ffiffi^ f-'....j.. v b ib*i<_^ ^1f^ _. ' U ^ A ^ d ____ . _________________________________ h o y ^ A fr^ *..... .... ? . /^ . .& ? * ....... ............................................... ^ ....... Qr^y^LZrr~^ffi\f^TTP,... ....... ....... .`f e < /l t e . t<?2_... ............ ....................... vvi-... ^ C a a -'-v" ......... $ 7 ^ .... $Wv02. ^-^{*X%a~vk. *1**. 'a A*-- &>t~X-j> C c l c -, / ' f ^ ^ ...!^?..................... &??<.$. edkx*>.... . . ^ 7 ^ . . . . / . . `...&!?.................... H & i* ? ..........<y. .. * * < > ......... ....................... .JlU-T^Cf^.C^..... !&... ............ C U p . ..../j... .... Q ..... .................................................... .ffi^^\ lsr*^(-- o L a /T V vA / - ^ a ( , ....... 9 '**.......l&JhjtJr 'xA'~ T ..(^ 7 7 ^ ^ ? T ^ ....... ..........................--~ -r> 4ffi^--y4yr^.......(a -5-- yC ^r ^ ! ( Qc/ ? ' Cc^iiL^A.t/' /U*-- S ju U j<^oU *-- 7 ^ ..... aj2_ 5fV^vV'"" . ^ | 7 t/~I - - iW.inai J