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FILE NAME: Westinghouse (WH) DATE: 1950 DOC#: WH073 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Journal Article - Inter-Society Cooperation -Arwen'(^LA^ Teuynai o ^doliic. H-^aJ ti-- y w book. V o l a i t . 4 0 ^ 44714* (I4 5 ) Inter-^^cty Coopcration ustriol Hygiene Section , the Sectioo Coun- brief study of eleven organized ndustrial Hygiene Sec- veals the following inform ari^ American Public Health American Ctmjerenc+qfj&tfipmentai inted a Committee on Industrial Hygienists Ww^ims society ration. The bill of which has been ime?ntice for the past for this committee ten yearejdb as rtfcmajor objectives the incidental liaison pro m g tf& K ^ail phases of industrial as on matters of hyutNT a^p^anitation and the coordina- ties, and esta! hese activities in official agen- tionshi The organization also has for a urther objective the encouragement of the interchange of experience among industrial hygiene personnel in official organizations, and the collection and dissemination of information which may be of assistance in the proper fulfillment i>f their duties. van This organization, which numbers ap- itH _iHSddustri pcimately 300 members, has at present problems. Of some soci following standing committees: 'eties which are active in thVfleld^of Ventilation, Industrial Hy- industrial health, seven are repi Standard Methods of by members of this committee, ,Standardization of Plant committee has never had a meeting, your Chairman has discussed the func?\ Reports, Appraisal and dustrial Hygiene Activi- tions of the committee informally with several of its members. Correspondence has also bej>n carried on with the com mittee members, as well as with the heads of some of the societies involved, 0W'Limits, Dust Counting. (Misinformation, Standard- izadeh^of Air Sampling Instruments and tment of....I.n..d..u..s..t.r..i.a..l...H..ygiene P e r s o n a l, radically, other commit in an effort to obtain data on the subject. It is axiomatic that a problem should be defined before its solution can be attempted intelligently. In this particu lar instance, it would appear that a study of the various societies concerned with industrial hygiene is necessary, in order to determine how they can function in a mutually beneficial manner. Such a tees have^yj&tipned within the Confer ence. but as^fw k purposes were served the committe^jjpje discharged. It iobvious that th u ^ ^ ic u ia r organization is primarily concerned with the proper administration of responsibilities giver to the agencies by legislative fiat * other decrees. American Industrial Hygiene Assort ation--This Association is approximates 1 fUport of tko Coomltt*. Orcuimj 1947. eight years old and has more than tor members. In addition to the national [1441 PLAINTIFF'S I EXHIBIT - / 3 zl cion r\en organizations z information. ' net of Governmental wsts -- This society "\istence for the past ' .ajor objectives the , -ases of industrial it u and the coordina' *s in official agen'Ui.'f*>n also has lor a the encouragement of experience ai " i personnel in offii d the collection and form ation which may the proper fulfillment in. which numbers apvmbers. has at present ending committees: tion, Industrial Hvindard Methods of 'dization of Plant >orts. Appraisal and -trial Hygiene Activi t-. Dust Counting (nation. Stani ii'pling ! Indust calUaflDtherabmmit - \k Confor ms were served re discharged. It i> irticular organization ned with the proper sponsibilities given legislative fiat or id Hygiene Assod >>n is approximately as more than 400 imi to the national I n t e r -Society Cooperation 145 society, there are a dozen local sections. ventive Engineering Committee, a Chem The object of this association is to in ical and Toxicological Committee, and crease the knowledge of industrial a Legal Committee. The Foundation hygiene through interchange and dis serves as a clearinghouse for the collec semination of information: to promote tion and interchange of industrial health the studv and control of environmental data, publishes a monthly abstract of factors affecting the id weil- current literature, holds an annual meet being of industrial worj orrelate ing and round table conferences for its .such activities: am ' together members, and conducts plant investiga^ ersons interesj rious phases tions and special researdlfes. American Association of a has several standing Physicians and Surgeons--2 eluding an Ethics Com- tion is at least 33 y e a i^ k g p ir n a s a itorial Committee, a Pub- large number of sta n d te a p m u tte e s for mittee, an Awards Com- the purpose ofyed^uO P& t its business ommittee on Placement between committees >ch Ejects as certification, ds Association--Re tion, history, medical edu- nder the laws graduate fellowship, member- assodatii it presidents, publications and provisj Itorial, tuberculosis, and workmen's compensation. iy co In a recent communication solicited Stand- by your Chairman from the Managing Director of this society, the view was expressed that the physicians are vitally This interested in all phases of industrial fore health and occupational medicine and is adopted it-has 1 that it would be unwise to designate a rather long, ardu^ps. lanes or to try to limit the field rsome procedure of societies concerned with in Checks and double checks. '-C' rustrots. medicine and hygiene. This A review of the ASA committ grobff^physicians has a long and en- reveals some fifteen or more tecl of achievement in the committees which are concerned the cause of industrial various aspects of industrial hvgieneV^ tional medicine. such as Ventilation, Illumination. Indus ai Association--The trial X-rays, and Toxic Limits. Perhaps Association has two the most active committee at present is are concerned with indus- the one on Toxic Dusts and Gases, which trial One of these is the Section has issued approximately 20 standards on Pi Industrial Medicine on maximum allowable concentrations. and Publii while the other is the Industrial Hygiene Foundation--This Council on rial Health. The group is a research association sub sidized by industry for advancing indus trial health, improving working condi tions, and bettering human relations. In addition to a Board of Trustees, the Foundation has a Research Advisory Council, a Medical Committee, a Pre- former operaU e^taty much in the fashion of our owit^ egion on Industrial Hygiene, largely thitbugh several com mittees on problems of current interest, and transacts its major affairs at the time of the annual meeting of the A.M.A. The Council on Industrial Health is a 146 Yeas Book standing committee of the Board of Trustees of the A.M.A. and has been in existence since 1937. Its purpose is to coordinate medical effort in industrial health. The CounciTa functions are executed through n u l committees, such as public ranonAjfrofessional re lations, scientft^wveiopment, work men's cMBPipsatM; rehabilitation, and trough cooperation with and other interested the Council finds it possible to 'with labor, management, and gov- on local, national, and inter- levels. Association oj Industrial jroximately five years < for its major obji )of means fo r. lust COM trial -V in 1942 five the stim- ulathm'' lems the. prob society fui iromoj indus- . . 'tion il ities. It atlemptyio coop ith r groups in the proqjption trial health, and prottdm 'i foru discussion of problems^w)mj*Jield' The industrial nursin^MOMt' standing committees dealinpu ""c subjects as legislation, tnembei licity, and education. Amtrican Society of Heating andAfen- Hiding Engineers--This society wife formed, in 1894 and has maintained research staff since 1919. The main objective of the society is to create at mospheric conditions in industry and in the home which will result in optimum comfort and health. Among the various committees which this society maintains, the ones of particular interest in the industrial hygiene field are those dealing with air cleaning, air sterilization, indus trial ventilation, physiological research, sound control, and sensations of comfort. Conference of State Sanitary Engi- neers--This group was formed for the purpose of promoting the public health in all its aspects and, in particular, to co ordinate engineering activities in official state and territorial health organizations. Like the other societies, it encour the interchange of experience sanitary engineers, and collects'' makes accessible to the formation and data onrtf>i$|i43fealth engineering problem ^ For many y o o tf a d f ita r y engineer ing groupJhpd a w p m tte e on industrial sanitatiotfipu p S was not very active a p p a r e n tly was dissolved, not mean, however, that the engineering profession does not an active interest in indmtrial lygiene. In fact, one finds many sani tary engineers in the industrial hygiene field either in operating positions or in an administrative capacity as directors of industrial hygiene activities at the state and local level National Safety Council-- The Na tional Safety Council, which has been in existence for more than three decades, is the most outstanding organization operating in the field of accident preven tion, botti within and outside industry, it one time, the Council bad an active tjon on industrial health, but in recent the Council's activities in the have been limited to publicatiri j^km d practice data on certain Ai-- exposures and of es in the monthly organ of >Council. A few industrial health are presented from time to time Miai meetings of the Safety Congt^fijgonsored by the Council, but in the i w r t b e Council is primarily con cerned w w ^ ^ p re v e n tio n of accidents and furtherwie)of safety organizations. From a stdV of the various activities of the associations listed, it would seem that there is already considerable 1in cidental liashm " between the members of the A.P.H.. Industrial Hygiene Section and these other societies. This .e il .es nong and ;nih iev- I nteh-Society Copebatxon 147 is especially evident when one realises that a large number of the members of these other societies are also members of our Section. The very make-up of the present Committee on Inter-Society Cooperation attests to this fact, since, as already pointed out, all of its ten mem bers also claim membership in the ma jority of the societies interested in indus-x hygiene, are active on committe jare thus in afeosition to presvtKthe thegwjipsMiey regg bill or indicate " establi urto \Of sirable professional consensus of the ama is not exactly an acculf on the whole there relationship among the vane cieties< It would also seem that quite so much duplication as suppose and that some di perhaps desirable. Fot governmental group/fl^qoK specific problleemnru?^ldm(ltjirnjtJwith adminisV trative standM^OmcTTs in a position to utilizrT&aa^pdsaeveloped by other ' ^ \ ^ e a s e in point is the Amer- iety of Heating and Ventilating rs, which has recently appointed Committee on industrial ventilation. The governmental group also has a com mittee on industrial ventilation. There is no conflict, however, between these two committees, and both are keeping themselves informed of each other's work. The ASHVE committee is con cerned with developing good standards in the field of industrial ventilation. The governmental group is also interested in having such standards developed, since it is charged with the responsibility of promoting the adoption of good practices in industry. Perhaps these two organi zations should get together and operate through a joint committee. There is ample precedence for such joint com mittee work in the A.P.HA It would seem to your committee that since the Industrial Hygiene Section of the A.P.HA. is the one group which is concerned with the overall public health agpgMch to the health of the industrial r o f t ^ perhaps the best function which present committee could serve iuld be to keep abreast of the develop-' ments in the various societies and make the results of these developments avail able to all those interested in industrial hygiene. Our Section could very serve as a forum during Annual ings for developments of this ` In this manner we woukUtfve a Strong annual program whjdMuKrobe of in terest to all indujffflT Byjpenuts, not only those cdriBrnmlaRth the broader ^aspects p ^ h d u p f i l health, but also ped with special problems, lat already there is some co lon, and interchange of informs- 'is borne out rather well by the annugl^mustrial health meeting in the vsprir^cfcme year in which five societies _irticipa^O )V e are referring to the an nual meetwrafsthe American Associa- tiop=nf IndqgtpxL Physicians and Sur- gfQ ^^he A^Kfxttv Industrial Hygiene *-- ^ n , the^m m ean Association of Induiriihl^Qentists/^American Asso ciation <^ ^ w ^ tn a fc iiftw e s , and the American'-Opmence qfjAyernmental Industrial H veem ts. l&jfcmir feeling that these jomrtMglings dq^)& *t deal for society codpmtioq. Another way in<c*ijch inite , cooperation could be~fjeited is to have various groups undertalu^P cooperative study of any one parutiqlaFjMoblem. This can often be accompliabnj^rough joint committees appointed to a given study as suggested ea^opr^pr industrial ventilation. Finally, your committee would lilt? to suggest that perhaps the best way to obtain inter-society cooperation is not 14 Yeas Book through a committee of this character, representing one group such as our Sec tion, but a committee whose member ship would comprise representatives of all the societies but not serve any one association. This Section could verv well assume leadership for the creation^ of such a committee, but it should be a committee of this Section ajm^. it now is. \Q) J. J. Bloomfield. U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C. Chairman H. G. Dyktok L. M. Farner, M.D. L. Greenburg, M. D. T. L. Haxlett. MJ). K. M. Morse F. A. Patty C. M. Peterson, M.Dr ' L. Petrie, M.D. C. 0 . Sappington, M.D.