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Industrial Hygiene Digest - 4 January, 1950 Occupational Disease Statistics 10 Occupational Disease Statistics. t .. Asphyxiation Asthma (flour dust) Bronchitis (malt dust) Carbon monoxide poisoning Chemical poisoning (HOC) Conjunctivitis Dermatitis Hernia lead poisoning Lung diseases (HOC) Miscellaneous Pneumoconiosis Silicosis 3kin diseases (HOC) Skin Infections Solvent poisoning Tuberculosis (due to contact) Undulant fever (Infections) Conn.2 Dec. 1949 25* 1 5 Ind.2 Dec. 1949 Mich. 2 Ohio 1 Wis.s> Dec. June Hov. 1949 July 1949 1949 Totals 11 11 11 22 11 11 22 16 11*# 417 34 503' 3 8 3 8 13 13 190 190 2 25 82 1 1 no 77 33 11 66 25 Totals 29 20 39 721 59 868 (1) Occupational Disease Cases reported to the Industrial Commission. There were 224,585 days lost, including one death from chemical poison ing; fourteen deathb from lung diseases, and one death from all other occupational disease claims. (2) Occupational Disease Cases reported to the Health Department. * Acids, Foodstuffs, Phosphorus and Compounds, Plating Solutions (NOC), and Synthetic resins caused one each; Solvents (HOC) caused three; Oils, Fats & Waxes caused fifteen, and two' were caused by undetermined hazards. ** Eight .of the eleven cases of dermatoses caused by petroleum products. V *>* * .t