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Preliminary Dust Survey for Asbestos Tcxtllo Institute June, 1947 15 ESTDvMZD IKCDcTCS 0? ASHE5T0SIS Tho lnclder.ee of astsatoaia among employees of those plants vhere enployccs vere examined. In recent years, shops a marked variation as indicat ed b7,ths follcvlng : _ ' Plant A has roccrdcd cases diagnosed as asbestools to the extent of .J.S nbcrut 20 per cent, and. In the past nine years has ccrxensatcd, on the average, two eases per annus. Total textile enploycont about 1*00. Plent C on the basis of e recent systematic survey, estimates asbestosis incidence to bo about three to four per cent. Plant D has results from an incomplete survey in vhlch four cosed vere found among those volunteering for examination vlth a total textile en- ployrent of around 150. They have compensated one case in about 10 years. Three Bore aro pending. ^ Plant n vlth a textile employment of 300 finds five or eix cases annually that the physician believes show early chongos duo to asbestos. Plant J hea counted potential cases of asbestoois amounting in number to about 20 per cent, comparable with Plant A. ! The other plants have conducted no systematic x-ray surveys of their ovn and have'no intonation as to incidence anong their employees. Hone of these has hod cases requiring compensation. Whilo ve have no complete data on history of employment end labor turnover in the sovcral plants, it is apparent that thoro is, at least ouporflcially, a jnsrkod inconsistency in this picture. Also, it is clear that Egg MTS 007906