Document bOOM3N5jVO4n2jg6Ep0NGb4g0

1.: 1 72b 7f * ' 'f- SSB- 0OOTIBB O TWB1I itBWtAIIl. HO. 618/40. Tow a^f. 8ia/5l Qapartaoat of Pu&Ua balth, 5? ibrray Strat, )7 B8 XSOE8 Sflatiaary raa imm. :8k tetober, 1991. Saptoober, IASI* Titb nfcwt yw wrata^f tte fTtk -- la tba *tablstloa of Btt Coiati' ft-- littaooeo foroerdod oadcr yow aus of 31st 3jitlblr, 14 la mu--it that the senate refar to p*p* o.o. The upper perilaolblo Uadt of Mbwtai Met for o oerklac itwiphn la 179 9*9. o.o* It Mil bo noted ttot aaay of tba const# ore for la oxeeeo of thlo. The aethod of emit la loitoooa ood eltboocb tboro la no feoeoa nelly oetlefootoiy aothod it la highly jrebabla that tbo 000 ueed axalurtad --ay loot fibre# ft-- tbo oowt boaowo of tbalr reluetooee to ctr a ----J-r of tbo Totaoo telaotor typo. %liko nocaol ellleoeie obwo aaall partloloo oro tbo doofer tbo oola baser* la tabootools la frao tbo loopr flbroo aad tbooo MU probably bo la too00 of eaythla* ladloeted la tlw oowntt* Aobottoolo prodaooo aero ropld flbrooio of tbo t--f tbaa oUlooola oaf la aero liable to eapedapoeed lafoetloa* It la tborofbro opportat oa tbo Mi taMttof tbot ooafltloB* oro far frao aot- iofaotory oof la tbo latortt of tbo health of tho oerkare, this Oopertaeat oat loroitlaato tbo aotter fwtbor M prui far 1--adiate itrooaoioi of ouporololoa <a4 eerfclac ooo&ltloao at littaee--. (Sc*) Idalay BoaaoU. --ti`-- gy touc witw - waoRonsoiRct: $ KAusoow.it JW PHD* 618/48 Tour Ref|818/51 WSD/OS 26th October, 1951. TEZmWER SECRETARY FOR MIWB3. With reference to your maraarandua of the 27th September, 1951* In the Tabulation of Dust Counts* from Wltteaoca forwarded under your aeas. of 21st September, it is aesumed .that the oounts refer to pp* o*c* The upper permissible limit of asbestos dust for a working ataoephere is 176 p.p.c.c. It will be noted that many of the oounts are far In excess of this* The method of count le unlmown end although there le no-knowmrealljLatiafaotcry_nathod*lt la highly, probable that the-one used excluded* osny- long fibres* from the count beosuae of their reluctance to enter a machine of the Watson Realmster type* Unlike normal sllleoels whore email particles are the danger the main hazard in asbestosls le fran the longer fibres and these will probably be In excess of anything Indicated In the counts* Asbestosls produces more rapid fibrosis of the lung than silicosis end is more liable to superimposed infection* It Is therefore apparent on the data submitted that conditions are far from satisfactory and In the Interest of the health of the workers, this Department must Investigate the matter further sad press for Immediate Improvement of supervision and working conditions at Wlttenooo* OOMMISaiQHBR Or> PTOLlB HBAIgg C 1 727