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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR DATE 1960 Oct 13 DOC CSR235 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Mr. Allan of Wittenoom RE his Personal Lung Damage from Asbestos Dust Exposure ~ - JuGNI KV Bead bahar & a a ee ad KALJURLIS KALJURLIS Huist Huist Huist Huist w Ya) : j2 oeLf Date 13th Gatober 1960 SIMBION SIMBION Mr.O. a. Allan Australian Blue Asbestos spencers combensoreenened : Ltd. Dear Osale I regret to advise that your recent gheat shows fi changes very suggestive of industrial disease probably an early stuga of Asbestosis complicated by silicosis You probably ploxed this up in earlier years when you were more intimately - concerned with the will is you know I was a bit suspicious leat your but the changes were too indefinite and we don't usually associate managerial stuff with industrial chest disease - . No final decision has been aude and you will not receive formal no ice from the Honourable Minister for Mines until your condition has been further investigated If you will be in Ferth in the neur future please lut we know and I will urrun e und for you to have further rays function sputum teats a un patient at the Forth Chest Hospital I will not be in Perth until February 1951 but you could consult Dr. Lethan at the Public Department in the Health - he is fully picture and could advise you you should until your to There is no ediate need for concern but naturally avoid further exposure hararul dust like the plaque chest condition has been completely investigated write If you have uny questions or tead any udvice please Yours sincerely F.B. It will take some time to complete a review of the rays of your workers but I us not too happy about the generul truni : MINES MEDICAL OFFICER OFFICER Copy Dr. D. D. Letham