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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1931 Feb 28 DOC#: NMA023 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: British Medical Journal - Asbestosis & Silicosis *V. . . DURRANT'8 PRESS CUTTINGS, t. Andrew' Houm , SS to S 4 H lbni V lid a ct, M d S l i Andrew Stroot Holbora Circa, E .C .l, T i u c i w m l ` OITV ' : ^ iritish M edical Jo u rn a l Tavistock Square, W .C.! : Cutting from Issue dated..U i l F A . m L ...193 ^ I)4>Y^VnvVTvO Ashcsfosis ml Silicosis (iti F d m i a r v 19th Mr. ( i.yni-s st ated Umi h r had received a r<-port from (hr senior medi cal i nspector of factori es c o n cerni ng the deat h of a u n m a n from heart failure following h mnc hi al pneumoni a accelera h <1 by nsbestnsis. A f i n i t scheme til c ompensat i on for tliis (licence was issued last mont h, with a draft of* the propos' d medi cal scheme bv whi ch a medical b'Mrtl would be set up to deni with all cases of silicosis and a^beslo'tis throughout the c ount r v. These draft schemes were iv>w under consitleTa firm bv cmpl oVers' and wor ker s' assoc i a tion; and ,* m np. He was i mpressed bv the urgency ed to reach a final settlement by of the question, the end of next Hi pl vi ng to Mr. MnrJey on F e br ua r y ifMh, Mr. C i.ynts said that the cfTrrts on the lungs of various dusts, including coal duM, were being i nvest i gated by an expert c ommi t h o of the Medical Kesearch Council. Thi s c o mmi t t e r was pursuing various tines of research, but the probl ems were compl i cat ed, and consi derabl e t i me miist elapse before definite conclusions comId Ire reached. In reply to nnot hr r rpv'stinii, Mr Clvn< ; said that the Vari ous i ndust ri es (Silicosi:} Ame n dme n t Scheme, u b i d amended the cl* fini t ion of " silica r o c k , " c ame i nto force on Fe br ua r y lj>t. i i /?3?y