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February 1948 Industrial Hygiene Newsletter 13 tions made by the department are clas sified into two groups, as follows: minimum, or those which are obviously necessary for the preservation of life and health of employees; and supplementary suggestions in regard to design of equip ment to conform to good public health practice; and personal conveniences which contribute primarily to the com fort of employees or pleasant employeremployee relationship. WISCONSIN Clinics--The Wisconsin Council of Safety will conduct two clinics. One will be held at Manitowoc, Wis., on February 27, 1948, and the other at Eau Claire, Wis., on March 26 and 27, 1948. These clinics will be arranged by the Industrial Health and Safety Section of the council in cooperation with the Industrial Hygiene unit. Both clinics will feature outstanding speakers in the field of industrial health and safety. Plans have been developed for a series of industrial medical clinics. The plant visitation type of clinic held in the past has been so successful that it was decided to continue with the same kind of clinic. The only exception is to hold such clinics within various county medical societies. This will reduce the attendance but stimulate greater discussion, particularly of the specific hasards and controls of the industries visited as part of the clinic. Nurses--The Industrial Nurses' sec tion of the Wisconsin State Nurses' Association will hold a IK-dsy nursing institute at the Hotel Pfister in Mil waukee on March 12 and 13, 1948. A group of nationally prominent au thorities on industrial nursing will participate in the program. The in dustrial Hygiene Unit of the State Board of Health is assisting in arrang ing this institute. The Committee on Industrial Health of the Wisconsin State Medical Society, in conjunction with the Industrial Hygiene unit, is revising and greatly expanding the recommendation for standing orders for the industrial nurse. A subcommittee of physicians repre senting the various specialties of medi cine and surgery are cooperating in developing those sections of the standing orders which apply to their specialty. HAVE YOU MADE YOUR BOSTON RESERVATIONS? If you have not made your hotel reservations for the week of the indus trial health conference to be held in Boston from March 28 to April 4, it is time you made them. Information about hotels was distributed over a month ago to members of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, but a reminder may be in order. Members of the American Association of Industrial Nurses are also reminded by their publicity chairman, Kiletta K. Kasper, R. N., that their sixth annual conference is scheduled to start in Boston, Hotel Statler, on March 31 and to close April 4, Other groups meeting at the same time are the American Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons, American Industrial Hygiene Associ ation, and the American Association of Industrial Dentists. RECOMMENDED READING Anon.: Factories Save Money by Spending on Safety and Health Pro grams. Wall Sires! Joumol (N ovember 21) 1947. Brandt, A. D.: Industrial Health En gineering. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1947. $6.00. Coleman, B. S.: Union Contract and Industrial Hygiene. Amer. Jour. Pub. Health, 37: 1449-1454 (November) 1947. Goldwater, Leonard: The Future of Industrial Medicine. Amcr. Jour. Pub. Health, 37: 1247-1255 (October) 1947. McMullen, T. A.: Safety and Health and the Industrial Engineer. Mill <fc Factory, 41: 154-156 (October) 1947. Morris, J. N.: Coalminers. Lancet, 2: 341-346 (September 6) 1947. Roemer, M. I.". Disability Insurance Programs and Public Health, Pub. Health Rep., 62: 1657-1667 (November 21) 1947. Simonson, Ernst: Physical Fitness and Work Capacity of Older Men. Geri atrics, 2: 110-119 (March-April) 1947. 28 refs. Stern, B. J.: Medicine in Industry. Commonwealth Fund, New York, 1946. $1,50. Various authors: Labor Relations and the Public. Annals of American Acad emy of Political and Social Science, 248: 1-316 (November) 1946. Various authors: Symposium on Dis eases of the Respiratory Tract. Medical Clinics of North America (November) 1947. DENTAL EROSION IN WORKERS EXPOSED TO INORGANIC ACID FUMES J. B. Lynch and John Bell--Brit. J. Induetr. Mad., 4i 84,1947 Lynch and Bell report on oral exami nations of 118 female workers exposed to inorganic acid while employed in an ordnance factory. These workers were exposed during processing of nitro cellulose and guncotton. Acid solu tions used contained 70 percent HiSQ, 22 percent HNOi, and 8 percent Hs0Length of time spent at acid-dipping baths varied. For instance, cottonwaste dipping required 20 minutes, whereas paper-roll (scrolls) dipping required only 2 to 3 minutes. Nitrous fumes are given off from the baths during these operations. Wearing of a light-weight face shield of visor pattern is recommended as is a close fitting respirator. Periodic dental examinations should be carried out and workers showing initial erosion ex cluded. Mouth breathers should be excluded from this work. Better ex haust ventilation of the tanks should be installed to eliminate escape of fume- Five illustrations accompany this article, four showing the progress of enamel erosion and one showing the working environment. SPNY 000325