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casonc lead poxscamB opr ihpasuj asdt " : EARL3T CHILDSOOD C tavaia lo a d p a ls acting 0 6 2 ^ '& "o&ro frequ en tly ' e g intofeirr.; :' children than has been g en e ra lly supposed* .ifc jiw M bs^i'nter&Vj.' 'tan in' both n o rtilrtiiy ::^ records b u f f e r lb s fastr"*5-^ e condition is often unrecofyiiaed by physicians. This conclusion ' upca an inquiry re c e n tly nnda by the Metropolitan L ife Insurance 3nong a nunfaer of procrinent p e d ia trists* Large nucbers o f such auong children were disclosed in the practice o f these doctors* t; The cost iniorning re p ly to the Company's le t t e r s was that o f a iohysicinn who stated that f i f t y cases o f lead poisoning In ciiildren en acen in a sin g le Bor,ten h o sp ita l during the la s t si:-: years, that nijncnia in these cones r;n3 "proven beyond a doubt" and that the lead on ingested, fo r the : x s t p art, an the resu lt of chewing paint iron ivnoodnor': or toys Several p e d ia trists reported th at th ey had demonsf conclusive!:.' that lead nip-.-lc sh ield s r.rJ .load oir.tnenta on the breasts there, who were suckling young in fa n ts, v.-crc responsible fo r lead poison|hich had nen and then proved f a t a l . A -.ajority of the p e d istrirto idiot chronic lead ".oinsnin.-; in infancy snei childhood i s by no neana a condition, and almost a l l believed that wide p u b lic ity should be given fa ct through the press hr the "popular" lite ra tu re of health depnrt- 3 and p rivate health agencies, with sp ecia l in sisten ce upon the dangers_ rent in crib s and to ys sainted with 'n t e r la l w!u.ch contains lea d . One correspondent stated fciiat he had :iadc i t 3 p ractice over a period en ty-five years to -.-am parents about th-. danger o f children developing point-eating habit, and another doctor wrote tin t he fotnd in te llig e n t ts fearfu l of wet paint but oblivious to the congers of dry pain t. Lend poisen i s a r e a l source o f danger to in fan ts and young children, ' education of parents concerning tiiis harord would be a d e fin ite , fornard p in public .be31eh education. Lead poisoning i s ra re ly thought of 03 a ne of illn e s s in in fan ts and ch ild ren . Private ph'.'sician s having a gen- p rocticc should consider more frequently the p o s s ib ilit y that th ey ray dealing with tiiis serious disease. Metropolitan Life Insurance Coopery S ta tistica l Bulletin, October, 1930. health Fax:410- 706-0727 Oct 23 '98 15:45 P. 04/05 566 Au x v c a W J ournal o r P u blic H ea lth f ride, treacle, melt extract, dried yeast there would appear to be little danger end potassium bromate. It was found unies the use were repeated os suc that all the bakers who bad suffered cessive weeks. from dermatitis had beer} using yeast The machines however revealed s very foods or accelerators containing am* definite hasard to the operator, par nxwium or potassium peri(ity>h*te and ticularly from insufficient protection that the outbreak of dermatitis foBowed from leakage around the scram. a few months after the introduction of It was therefore recommended: (1) this chemical 1 yeast foods, a practice that aB X-ray machines in shops or new in Australia. other industrial places should be licensed Water suspensions o r solutions of after testing and inspection by the whole products were used jhi testing. A Board of Health; (2 ) that the present typical subject, when tested, shows a machines be Immediately protected to marked wheal and erythema to most of the satisfaction of the Board of Health; the substances mentioned above, par (3) that in the case of machines used ticularly malt wheat flour, vbOe the re for shoe fitting, a notice be posted warn action to ammonium perstfphate in 5 to ing customers that their feet1should not 10 per cent solutions a a grant wheal be exposed for more thaii 3 tairait* in and marked erythema which pettht any one month, and that the use of the often for days, wberets the other reac machines to search for needles sad such tions disappear within an boor or two. like bodies is dangerous.--Charles Bad- Often the testing lights up a resobring ham tt at. (see previous abstracts). dermatitis. A 1 per cent solution ap plied over s few minute* does not pro E. R. H. duct a maritetfreaction. Individuals unaffected by dermatitis have not reacted to Arise substances. Does the practice of bleaching flours have any bearing on tin question? A critical appreciation of the nmsKt so far obtained will be pnb later, hut am is tempted to that bakers' dermatitis in Sydney m p resulted from the unfortunate df l i lerglc individual w ith.atjue solations of persulphate.--Chartes Bmfitam t f of. fa E. . H. Chronic Lead Poisoning in In fancy and Sariy Childhood--'The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, as a result of a reoit inquiry among prominent pediatrists, calls ;attention to the targe number of case* jot lead poi soning occurring among infants and children. The brief note! pointa out that a Boston physician reports 50 cases of lead polsosdsg among children at a Boston hospital miring! the pu t 6 yean, b these cuds, the diagnosis was proved beyond doubt, the source of lend T h e U se. o f X -ray M achines in Shops or O ther Industrial Places-- It was found that in the use of X-ray machines m boot departiaentt of several dty shop* the erythema deae which might produce bu n * to the customer being the paint on cribs, woodwork and toys. It aeetu obvious that the simp)* pre caution of using sine paints is those cases should be resorted to. Load poi soning due to the use of nipple shields was over 25 minutewhere aB the rays and of lead ointment da the breasts of come through a lead g lu i covering the mothers was aho considered a source of screen, but that:a leakage around the poisoning by the physicians interviewed. screen ought lead to a bum in s shorter --S u t. Butt., Metropolitan Life Insur time. As the exposure! when fitting i ance Company, n , to : 4 (O ct.), im o . shoe is generally well Under 'minute L. 0. prim of van expen: dherd young >25 BHflW HEALTH_ Fax '410- 706-072? Oct 23 '98 15:46 P. 05/05 X H 3i 18 Am eric a n J ourn al op P u b l ic He a lth 5. Of the total samples showing a positive presumptive test 100 per cent wet# confirmed for the new medium wheje ts onjy 6J.7 per cent were confirmed for stand. art) lactose broth, f 6. The new Dominick-Lauter medwro was found to be far superior to standard lactose broth for the detection of 'B\ coif in water. u rm N 'cu l Lftkj. Hstottf TV. Cenptrfmnni toli tlhi Ottoalialfaetki-.tUaiitteor Tat with StanOdiard SIMMS, Tntt hr B. of is Water. IWliailMry Htpon, ). Am. irr. i"r.l.lua.. U i two (Nov.), IWO. 1. Doaiakk. N6n t.. and L#itr.. Call }. Ut*ylnr Slot ani SSrneaantoctmrao! )`r^l la ..Trrrntlatlif K a itfU oi tb r QHM^am|KaM Crawp /r.. A J H \ W. Ana., I I : r04T-7i |AAunft(,.),. 1*2. 1. A n trim Pottle Haalth A tm m th t. ibticftw U /M l ) V ittr A m Jjtti, |th at., 11) 1. 4. Ltvia, M. Sow* as naixftracM ' ik tha fmomptlvt and ConlmwMfy T au lor B. (#ii it Waut AMlyitt lac Hv Amtfiran fiipatliinaary For |t. I. Am. IV, If. .two., 7: IM (Trt.), 1*10. A A lSTir Ex-Secrturj o f P * of Bset Chronic Lead Poisoning in Infancy and Early Childhood H TKE Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, as a result of a recent inquiry among 1 prominent pediatrists, call* attention to the large number of cases of lead poi soning occurring among infants god children. The brief note points out that a Boston physician reports SO cases of lead poisoning among children at a Boston hospital during the past 6 years,j In these cases the diagnosis was proved beyond doubt, the source of lead being the paint on cribs, woodwork and toy. It seems obvious that the simple precaution of using zinc paints in these cates should be retorted to. Lead poisoning due'to the use of nipple shields and of lead ointments on the breasts of mothers was also considered a source of poisoning by the physicians interviewed.--S lat. Buff., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, II, 10: 4 (O ct.). 1930. L. O. ' Every bumi painstaking, c complement of al a gathering of mt edge and the mat require intense 1; m ental note, this (esstonsl sohdarh and go forward ir long the life-tenr The progress health, slow in it science and hums other, has attaint tury. Free end ; investigation tew compBsbments. ceive the approve a stimulus that c : a greater human kind; to the ad quest for tenth tl ft offers a rewar .can only be foui 'I am proud to t> ^taken a place wi r activities afford | it; the priceless M ile m w