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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF DATE 1937 Nov DOC IHF004 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Conference Proceedings of Special Meeting - AHFA AIR HYGIENE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA Inc. SPECIAL MEETING OF MEMBERS ate PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA NOVEMBER 30 1937 em cine 3 as en c PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL MEETING OF AIR HYGIENE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC NOVEMBER 30 1937 CONTENTS Opening remarks by Chairman Board of Trustees Greetings by Dr. E. R. Weidlein Director Mellon Institute . Managing Director's report on membership services rendered to members status of research ......... Col. Willard T. Chevalier Industry and its Workers A. Lanza M. .: Recent progress in the medical field toward further improvement of industrial health the Medical Committee's plans for 1938 21 LeRoy U. Gardner M. .: Mixed dusts and protec- tor dusts oo lcs reeseneneee cee eeee eens sestecseeese 25 S. Reid Warren Jr Choice of roentgenographic apparatus and technique in industry o Prof. Philip Drinker Engineering progress toward controlling occupational disease including the Committee's plans for 1938 0... D. Harrington Observations on air dustiness in drilling 39 C. Hirth Work of the Legal Committee during 1937 47 Theodore C. Waters Compensation legislation a criti- cal review ve 51 H. B. Meller Correlation of American researches in industrial air hygiene .. 59 Trustees Executive Staff and Committees of Air Hygiene Foundation of America Inc 63 Members of Air Hygiene Foundation of America Inc. 2.3 fa e a PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL MEETING OF AIR HYGIENE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC NOVEMBER 30 1937 Pursuant to a notice given to each member a special meet- ing of the members of Air Hygiene Foundation of America Inc. was held today November 30 1937 at Mellon Institute Pittsburgh Pa The meeting was opened by Roger A. Hitchins Chairman of the Board of Trustees who said i It is very gratifying to note the interest in Air Hygiene Foundation as indicated by the attendance at this meeting Our annual meeting as you know Be is in February so following the custom inaugurated at last year this meeting of the members of the Founda- DY tion and others who are interested in its aims and me activities is held in November The purpose is to give an accounting of the work during the year and a to make plans for the next period At the meeting a year ago a research program with which I think you are all familiar covering work in the medical preventive engineering and legal phases of the problem of industrial air hygiene was adopted You will hear reports today from the Managing Director and from the Chairmen of the three major committees outlining the advances that have been made during the past year in furthering your research program The Trustees feel and hope that at the conclusion of this meeting you will agree that a substantial amount of work in the field of indus- trial air hygiene has been accomplished especially considering the limited funds at our disposal The completion of the research program depends only upon adequate financial support We believe the work so far accomplished and the work in prog- ress warrants the continued support of industry and the enlistment of the present members in the securing of additional members for the Foundation among those companies that have problems similar to yours in this field The Chairman introduced Dr. E. R. Weidlein Director of 1 Mellon Institute who extended a greeting to the members and guests Members of Air Hygiene Foundation I am not going to make a speech I am not a part of this program today You have a very complete program and I know that you need all the time available to hear the papers and for the discussions It is rather interesting as many of you know that this room actually was dedicated by Air Hygiene Foundation's meeting last year It was the first meeting that was held in this new auditorium " wish to extend you a cordial invitation to make yourselves at home around this building and to get better acquainted with our organization H. B. Meller Managing Director presented a report on membership services rendered to members and status of research The Chairman then introduced Col. Willard T. Chevalier Vice President McGraw Publishing Company who addressed the meeting on the subject Industry and Its Workers After the address by Col. Chevalier the following reports were presented Dr. A. J. Lanza Chairman Medical Committee Recent progress in the medical field toward further improvement of industrial health the Medical Committee's plans for 1938 . Dr. LeRoy U. Gardner Mixed dusts and protector dusts Dr. S. Reid Warren Jr Choice of roentgenographic apparatus and technique in industry Prof. Philip Drinker Chairman Preventive Engineering Committee Engineering progress toward controlling occupational disease the Committee's plans for 1938 D. Harrington Chief Health and Safety Branch U. S. Bureau of Mines Observations on air dustiness in drilling A. Hirth Chairman Legal Committee Work of the Committee luring 1937 Theodore C. Waters Compensation Legislation critical review II B. Meller Correlation of American researches in industrial air hygiene General discussion followed after which the meeting was adjourned This day thtwith other reports and the address by Cal Cheva- lier is peintel in full on succeedisunc egding pages 2 NOTE At a meeting of the Board of Trustees held im- mediately afterward it was decided that the scale of dues in effect in 1937 should remain the same for 1938 viz Group 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 Number of Employees 20,000 and over 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 1,000 to 2,499 500 to 999 100 to 499 Less than 100 Employer Associations Annual Dues 1,000.00 750.00 500.00 850.00 200.00 150.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 REPORT OF MANAGING DIRECTOR Membership At the time of the membership meeting of November 25 1936 there were in Air Hygiene Foundation 23 company members and 11 association members a total of 84. At that meeting new regulations regarding membership and the scale of fees and dues now in effect were presented and adopted Today there are 192 concerns supporting the Foundation in its efforts to help remedy certain occupational ills This support is derived from the various industries in the following proportions Clication Clication Clication by Industries Industries No. of Members % of Membership % of Youndation's Income in 1987 1. Grinding Wheel and Abrasives 40 20.2 8.5 2. Steel and Metals 15 7.8 13.9 3. Mining Smelting Refining .... 20 10.4 20.8 Coal and Ore included 4. Foundry and Foundry Supply 14 7.3 3.6 5 Machinery oc. Electrical pumps etc. 12 6.5 8.4 6 Refractories 000.00 eee 18 9.3 6.5 7 Glass eee woe 11 5.7 10.1 8. Pottery Clay Ceramics ........... 15 9. Quarrying Sand Stone Feld- spar Gypsum etc . 10. Manufacturing ... ... 11 Asbestos Safety equip etc. 11 Chemicals 200 9 ee 7.8 , 11.9 5.8 5.2 6.1 9.9 12 Miscellaneous ta 2.1 1.7 During the year one company in Group 8 resigned because of a misunderstanding as to the purposes of the Foundation Publications The Foundation has published and distributed the following printed bulletins thus far in 1937 Medical Series Bulletin No. 1 Silicosis and Allied Disor- ders the manuscript for which was prepared in 1936 Legal Series Bulletin No. 2 A Critical Study of Provisions for Occupational Disease Legislation This was discussed 5 by its author Mr. Theodore C. Waters at the meeting in November last Supplement No. 1 in Legal Series Bulletin No. 1 which brought the statules and court decisions with respect to occupational discase down to March 1 1937 Supplement No. 2 to Legal Series Bulletin No. 1 bringing the information down to September 1 1937 was distributed to members last week Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of February 9 1937 Abstracts of current literature Bulletins have been issued monthly beginning in January 1937. To date 588 abstracts have been sent to members The practical value of these abstracts is indicated by the popular demand and favorable response they have evoked A bulletin Concentrations of Volatile Sulphur Compounds in Atmospheric Air This reported the results of a special study conducted under supervision of the Foundation for a group of members who defrayed the actual cost of the investigation In press Compensation Legislation Critical Review A summary of this will be presented today by its author Mr. Theodore C. Waters Projected A series monthly of articles on pertinent engineering subjects and a series of medical aspects of induatrial disease problems The Chairmen of the committees concerned will tell more about these in their reports Advisory Service to Members A major research arranged and supervised by the Foundation for a group of its members was completed on October 15th This was the study of concentrations of volatile sulphur compounds mentioned above During the year several short time studies were conducted for members In a number of cases advice was given as to plant surveys and where indicated companies were put in direct touch with physicists engineers and physicians who not only were qualified to make such surveys but who could testify in claim cases In two instances where member companies wished to develop their own survey units preliminary training in sampling and dust counting was given to selected individuals This type of service is growing There was also rendered a number of minor services in the way of advice through the Foundation's technical committees any organization such as this might expect This advice has ranged from where to get a published article to 6 how to establish and operate a department of industrial hygiene Research As might have been anticipated because of the changes in regulations regarding membership and the adoption of a sliding scale of dues the first part of the year was spent in interesting industrial organizations to affiliate with the Foundation This action was necessary to determine what the income would be In the latter part of the year however a start was made on the research program Work is now going forward at The Saranac Laboratory and at the University of Pennsylvania Research will also be undertaken at Harvard University arrangements having been made and an account opened at that institution when specific problems have been selected from among those being considered and when Professor Drinker has determined who will be the incumbents of the two fellowships Dr. Gardner will tell of the program at The Saranac Laboratory and Dr. Warren of that at the University of Pennsylvania As these gentlemen report it will he noticed that the Foundation is endeavoring to put into practice that which it advocates namely avoidance of unnecessary duplication of effort In these two instances advantage is being taken of a great deal of investigational work already done and the Foundation's support is for research to go forward from there A study of anthracosis in the Pittsburgh district which Dr. Samuel R. Haythorn and others including the speaker have been carrying on was advanced during the year Several papers have been published In this work the Foundation has been cooperating but has assumed no financial obligation Cooperation With Other Organizations The question has been raised several times as to the relationship the Foundation bears to other agencies in the field The U. S. Public Health Service and the U. 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