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T ELEPH O N ES: MA 6221, MA 6804 T EL EG R A P H I C A D D R ES S : " J OI N T CO A L, " SY D N EY ST 6458 JOI N T COAL BOARD CO R N ER G O U LBU R N & BRI SBA N E ST REET S, SYD N EY PLEA SE A D D RESS A LL CO M M U N I CA T I O N S T O TH E SECRETARY, BOX 3842, SYDNEY IN REPLY, Q U O T E August 29th , 1956, Dr. Robert A. Kehoe, Un iversity of Cin cin n ati, Department o f Preven tive Medicine and I n d u st r iai H ealth , CINCINNATI. OHIO. U.S.A. Dear DrKehoe, Very many'thanks fo r your comprehensive r ep ly to my en qu ir ies regardin g le ad poison in g. I can assu r e you t h at your opin ion s and advice w ill be very h elp fu l to a l l of us h ere, as also are your suggestion s regardin g p ossib le fu tu re en quiries in t o ce r t ain asp ect s o f plumbism. I t w ill in t e r e st you t o lear n t h at I have join ed Con solidated Zinc Corporation P t y .Lt d . as t h e ir Medical O ffice r , and w ill be leavin g th e se r v ice of th e Jo in t Coal Board on 1 st Jan u ary, 1957 Aft er spen din g about th r ee months a t Broken H ill and oth er cen t r es o f oper ation of th e Company in A u st r alia and fa m ilia r iz in g m yself with t h e ir oper at ion s and m edical problems - in clu din g th e p o ssib le fu t u r e in flu en ce of th e use of versen e and asso c iat e d propaganda on our lead in d u st r y , I sh a ll be v isit in g Europe and North America fo r f u l l en qu ir ies so t h at I can make a r ep or t on th e whole su b je c t . On my r etu r n t o A u st r alia I hope t o be ab le to un dertake some epidem iological and c l in ic a l st u d ie s on our lead miners and oth er workers with an in d u st r ia l lead exposure* I am lookin g forw ard to meeting you per son ally on th e occasion o f my next v i s i t to th e United St a t e s. I sh a ll be very in t e r e st e d to read th e r epor t o f the American Public Health Associat ion which you ar e sen din g me, with i t s d iscu ssion on th e r elat io n sh ip of lead to chronic degen erative d ise a se s., I ap p r eciat e your o ffe r cjf fu tu r e a ssist a n c e , which I can assu r e you w ill be availed o f. _ Again th ankin g you fo r your very kind co- oper at ion , 'l Yours sin ce r e ly , \ (W. E. George) 1 CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. - -- 0001510