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MESOTHELIOMA OF PLEURA AND PERITONEUM FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS IN THE LONDON AREA
BY
MURIEL L. NEWHOUSE and HILDA THOMPSON
f ront the Department of Occupational Health and Applied Ph\finlogy, London School of Htytenc and Tropical MeJUine
(RECEIVED FOR rUSUCATION FEIRUARV II. 1965)
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A series of 8.1 paiients from the London Hospital with a diagnosis of mesothelioma confirmed by
1 necropsy or biopsy has been studied for possible exposure to asbestos. The series consisted of 41 J men and 42 women; 27 of the patients had peritoneal and 56 pleural tumours. The earliest death
J recorded was in 1917, but only 10 of the series died before 1950 and 40 (48%) between I960 and 1 1964.
In 76 of the series full occupational and residential histories were obtained. Forty (52 6%) gave
a history of occupational or domestic (living in the same house as an asbestos worker) exposure to asbestos compared with nine (11-8%) out of 76 patients from the same hospital suffering from other
diseases (p < 0001). None of the 17 suspected cases of mesothelioma, rejected on pathological grounds, was found to have had any exposure to asbestos. There was also evidence that neighbour hood evposurcs may be important. Among those with no evidence of occupational or domestic exposures. 30-6% of the mesothelioma patients and 7-6% of the in-patients with other diseases lived within half a mile of an asbestos factory (r < 0-01). Out of the 31 patients with occupational exposures only 10 were in jobs scheduled under the Asbestos Regulations of 1931. The interval
between first exposure and the development of the terminal illness of mesothelioma ranged between 16 and 55 years.
In 47 patients in the mesothelioma series, lung tissue or sputum was available for examination. In 30 (62 5%), either asbestosis or asbestos bodies were present.
lo recent vears, the association between exposure among the women. 25 had pleural and 17 peritoneal
asbestos dust and cancer of the lung and other tumours.
ralignant neoplasms has been the subject of much
The aim of this study has been to establish the
research (leading article, 1964). Wagner, Sleggs, and occupational histories of these patients and to trace
vlarrhand < 1960) described the occurrence of meso any other possible exposure to asbestos. There were
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thelioma of the pleura in those exposed to croddolite four surviving patients at the outset of the investiga tsbestos in the mining districts of South Africa, and tion, but these have subsequently died. The earliest
\ cis has stimulated further studies of the occupa- date of death in the scries was 1917; 10 died before oonal histories of patients suffering from this tumour 1950, 33 between 1950 and 1959, and the remaining
> lOwen, 1964; Fowler, Sloper, and Warner, 1964).
40 in the past four and a half years. The youngest
The present investigation concerns patients in patient died at the age of 33, and nearly half were
Ahem mesothelioma had been diagnosed at the dead before the ege of 55 (Table 1).
London Hospital during the past 50 years. After i- examining the necropsy and biopsy specimens held
Clinical Features
-.t the path.-'logy department, Hourihane (1964) con-
-rrr.cd a c-agitosis of mesothelioma in 83 patients,
The ward notes of 65 of the patients were available
;f w horn - j wfre men and 42 women. Thirty-one of and give a picture of a disease with a consistent
,-ic men hac pleural tumours and 10 peritoneal; symptomatology
Among those with pleural
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re -a pi c ns*.! of extreme shortness of breath due
r .- f .rrr-jiien of a massive pleural effusion. Pain
-ax a p-or-::nenl feature, either described as a dull
a:hc. s:rw.
due to invasion ef the ribs or
'trievrc. cr sometimes sharp and radiating, sug-
gr>u-g -.er-e .nvolvement. Tumours in the chest
wail *re no: uncommon, occurring either in
p:."' 'u; op-rranon scars or by direct invasion of the
C"e:
The symptomatology of the peritoneal
tLT'c jrs wij rare varied. In some patients the pre-
ve~.:i:-g svi-ptom was pain on defaecation or
rr- t_ -- 11 'n. D.fiuse upper abdominal pain was very
co-pi- or. ar-d spelling of the abdomen due to ascites
;. ;:vkivs present terminally. The methods of
trrat- cr' i.-.-'liJcd pneumonectomy, decortication
j: !_'#. deep jr-ray therapy, instillation of radio-
zc. grid. ani cytotoxic drugs. They were used
al;pc or - oor.biaation but had little effect on the
o the dxasc. Half of the patients suffering
irc'.i -le.ra mesothelioma died withio one year of
:n: i ' -e of sv.r.ptoms. a further third within two
a.-s. zr.t o' iv one patiert survived for more lhan
three ec-v. T. e course of those with peritoneal
lurou -v epp c oed to be equally rapid. Eight of the
pa <rrt> oev. - thin six months of the onset of
r pir rn*.
Sources of inr,.rtEjrion on Occupation and Residence
I: i :d. .(' tc "ie ward rotes, some of which gave . cc.ra Til histories, there were three other
-ource- o' in '--jiicn: the patient's genera! practi: or;- :heri. rc> of an asbestos factory in the area; and perv na i-.ter.Sew-s with patients or their sjoivi.-.p relavves.
A> a hrv s:ep. general practitioners were circulated with ar explanatory letter aslung them to complete a fern ct'-ng details of the occupations of patients and the-p ..-n.TJtdiate relatives. Within two months f?*, of ire oners had replied. In two cases a - :h:rv l.-vn.:exposure to asbestos was revealed; t cr.c'i t/e name and address of a surviving relative v-ert ci rn. ru: in the majority the doctor was unable t; g.r f'tT'jiion because, on the death of the
patient, the notes had been relumed to the local executive council of the National Health Service, where the) were destroyed within a pcrunl of three years.
In one of the asbestos factories a file wav kept with detailed records of all employees since it started in 1913. The names of all patients were checked with these files. Nine men and nine married women (After their maiden names had been ascertained from rela tives) were identified without difficulty. The exact dates of employment of these 18 patients and the jobs they had done were obtained from the records of the factory.
The four patients alive at the beginning of the investigation were interviewed personally A few relatives were contacted by post, but the relatives of 68 patients were interviewed by one of us (H.T.) at their homes situated mostly in the East End of London. Not only was an occupational history of the patient, the spouse, sons and daughters, and father taken, but past addresses were also recorded. The interviews lasted for at least an hour. To recall events of 30 or 40 years ago it was often necessary to explore the residential and occupational histories of all members of the family.
Exposure to Asbestos In Three Groups uf Patients Suffering from Other Diseases
For comparison with the mesothelioma salients, three further groups of patients suffering from other diseases were investigated.
The first group was selected from the patients in the medical and surgical wards of the hospital during the early summer of 1964 ("in-patient" series). Each patient in the mesothelioma scries who had been traced was matched with an in-patient of the same sex born in the same five-year period. As ihere w a dearth of male patients over 75 years of ace in the
hospital, a sample of six patients of th is ace and older was taken from a neighbouring eeriatric hospital.
The second group were those who had originally been filed in the pathology department of the hospital as cases of mesothelioma but in w hom the diagnosis was subsequently rejected on pathological grounds by Hourihane (1964) (`rejected series'). As it had proved extremely difficult to locate the rela tives of those who died before 1950, attempts were made only to trace the thrte survivors in this group and (he 14 who died after 1950.
The in-patient series, already described, were all admitted to hospital in 1964. The patients with mesothelioma were admitted to the same hospital over a period of 47 years during which there might have been a substantial change both in the residential
areas and social claxw
London Hospital. Tl- I was taken from the '
date of admission nv
:. with the patients in thi Places ol residence for comparison with'h.
1 "S Detail. of the 83 pi v series are given in the F about past domestic ji I available for seven p:n > f 76, 40 <52-6 %) gave a hi * compared with only mn. * series (Table 2). The d
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by the two groups of p. year of admission to ' significant dilferente i r or in the occupations . and those admiued b.-t. Paring the confirmed i mesothelioma group > of the confirmed and n
ft *ave a history of exp This difference i' -t > = II 83; P 0 f<H
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re:.mcd the local <--jl HcJ:.' Service, ...it-. a pe-.o- of three
, : cv i file ' it *cjx with .. oc- sinee .lined is ,ar it were c-.ec*;ed with . married vorr.cn fafter a-certa-nt; 5-cm reU-
Ji~.cult> Trie exact ,< It pstir-'.s and the , -.ci (Vox thj records
:iw beir,-.Tg of the ,0 p>:TSOnii;. A few
. hut the rc..stives of - . one of J H.T.) at
,n tne Etvl End of . ->ai anal K .ic -y of the
aaujhters. ar i fatta .-c a(.o receded. The . rou. To rccaT events
often rccosary to .. ..pstior.a! -.I'-.nries of
-ix Croups of Patients
:i.*r Disease*
.'fhci.'ora raiients, 'u fern from other
::.-u the pa .ems in , I'V-.chot: n during - jih.nl' se-.e. . Each wrie> v,h. h_d been ,-p;-.ier.i c' ire same por jd. A-. ir ere was *5 tears o' a^r in the
of i~-i i;e and ..gh-ocrir.; ..triatric
reas and social classes of patients attending the luruon Hospital. Thus, a third group of patients ,v> Likert from the hospital records matched by ii*.c of admisvon as well as date of birth and sex a th (he patients in the mesothelioma series. Their . jce> of residence and occupations were extracted ir comparison w ith those of the in-paliem series.
Results
Details of (he 83 patients in the mesothelioma v-tes are giver, in the Appendix. No information .-out past domestic anJ occupational histories uaj imlahle for seven patients. Among the remaining \-. 40 (53 h*..i gj\e a history of exposure to asbestos -rtipared mill only nine (II 8*.i of the `in-patient' ^ie> iTable 2) The difference in this proportion is
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I c-0011. This result is unlikely to be unduly influenced t the two groups of patients not being matched for .ear of admission to hospital, since there was no smificant difference either in the areas of residence .-.in the occupations of the patients admitted io 1964 i.-.d those admitted between 1917 and 1964. Com-
1 -irirj the confirmed and rejected patients in the ,-escthelioma group who died after 1950, 36 (50*)
c: i>c confirmed and none of the 17 rejected cases
j pie a history of exposure to asbestos (Table 3). This deference is statistically highly significant ,v- - II 83; p < 0 001).
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Occupational Exposures.--There arc details avail able for the 18 mesothelioma patients who had worked at one asbestos factory which used crocidolite asbestos with small amounts of chrysotile and first introduced amositc in >926. Eleven started work before 1933 (the year when the asbestos regula tions controlling the manufacture of asbestos goods and the protection of asbestos workers became effective), and seven started work between the beginning of 1933 and the end of 1942. The occupa tions of these workers and the type of asbestos they used are shown in Table 4. Ail of the 17 for whom details were available had used crocidolite asbestos. Five of the occupations listed are not scheduled as
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. .-.sire wording with - ;n-cd to asbestos dust . mediate vicinity of an
c t.-.an one-fu'th of the t <-iploytd, opened in .c ntarer ihe centre of v..cr >eart. There were , -i> .ntng within half a i - ; t.me it was in produc er! opened they were vejrsold. At ihe present , *.t ivi.-ig wii.nin a half' >-ic run was horn within . tjst.cy and remained at . - '"he other seven were
At e children when the - ; 23 .'ears of age and
u-iit she died 48 years ^tieni who had neither - c'pos-ire but in whom , 11 :-.i lures ai necropsy.
-cr..s. one pjiient lived . ,.u. site and four others
>jr; pativni wjs 22 years . n; ghbourhood in 1915, .nurxiiwed. complained . . -n- the ashe-los factory
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Thus, among those with no occupational or LLuunngg ttiisssxuuee wwaass aavvaaiillaabbllee iinn oonnllyy ffoouurr patients domestic exposure* to asbestos, there are 11 (30-6%) exposed cither t"hr-o--u--g>h -re*>lati*v;e* or bvy liviing in the
neighbourhood of asbestos factories. In two,
pstiems in the mesothelioma series and five (7 4%) asbestos bodies were present in lung tissue but there
m the "in-patient' series who lived within half a mile was rso evidence of asbestosis. of an asbestos factory in the area (Table 6). The
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difference in the proportion of patients in the two s series w ho lived in the vicinity of the factory and had
had no other exposure to asbestos is statistically
signif-i-c-a-n-t (X,, s " 7-85; r < 0-01).
Date of First Exposure and Interval Before Death
la Mesothelioma Series.--Fifty-one men and women had been exposed to asbestos, including those who
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lived near the main asbestos factory. The duration
of exposure varied w idely, ranging from two months
to O'er 50 .'ears. The interval between the first
evpoiurc and death varied between 16 and $$ years
(mean 37 5 years). Among the group of factory wMien, where exposure was probably heaviest, the
interval was shortest. It was longest among the
group living in the neighbourhood of the asbestos factories, where exposure to dust was probably
lowest. Table 7 shows the mean age of each group at first exposure and the mean of the interval before death ir each group. Although the length of interval
Among the 12 patients in whom no definite conUct
with asbestos could be established, there was one, a merchant seaman from South Africa, whose lungs
showed both asbestos bodies and asbestosis; he may have had contact either in South Africa or at sea, but his early history could not be established. There
were three others in this group who had asbestos bodies in lung (issue without evidence of asbestosis.
Table 7
Rli.vIO'. SCTWEES- Ttn OF EXPOSURE AND LENGTH or ivTi HVAL Herone death in si fatients in
mesothelioma series
Of the seven patients whose histories could not be traced, three had asbestos bodies and histological evidence of asbestosis and one had asbestosis alone.
Discussion
In the mesothelioma series there arc 25 patients in
whom no evidence of any exposure to asbestos could
be found. A chief source of information was a history taken from a survit mg relative. A surprising amount of information was obtained, but in some of
those interviewed the memory may have been defec tive or they may not have known of short periods of
exposure during the youth of the deceased. For
J between 39 4 and 4! 6 years, the mean age at 'jn; showed less variation; it was 30-6 years in the --at :p of factory workers and between 55 and 57
erf.
vcirv m the other groups.
example, one ofthe patients was eventually identified
as having worked at a large asbestos factory for two months in 1941. This was before he married, and his widow did not know of this episode. It is of
interesi that asbestos bodies in the lungs were found
Asbestos Bodies and Asbestosis In the Meso in only four of this group, and it seems probable thai thelioma Series.--Of the 83 patients in the meso among the remainder there were those who had hat
thelioma series, lung tissue was available for evimmation in forty-three. In four other patieats,
noJenxpthoesumreetsooathsebleiosmtosa. scries of paiicnts, both in
all certified as suffering from asbestosis. with no lung dustrial and non-industrial exposures were recoi
uc available, examination of sputum during life nixed Among the men the exposure was pn
ti ealed the presence of asbestos bodies (Table Sj. rneo- th asbestos bodies and histological evidence of Basobtehstosis were found in 15 of the 24 factory workers aar.td loggers. A further five showed evidence ofeither
dominantly industrial; 22 worked in asbesu factories or as laggers, two were exposed at horn and one lived near the asbestos factory. Among ll women only 10 worked in asbestos factories, and
asbestos bodies or asbestosis.
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funner 17 hid non-indusmal exposures, seven in the hjrre a-d 10 l:v ing near asbestos factories.
There is na c'-idcnce that the patients with pern rr.es! t_maur> differed in their type of exposure from :ht pai.er.a with pleura! tumours. The propor tion o' pc-viti.e findings of asbestos bodies or a-:os i was similar in both groups. A higher prop -; n if -o-ier.. particularly among the factory v* jf^erv was afected by peritoneal tumours, but the d ''erence between the sexes was not statistically sumr'ca::.
The recer.t increase in the number of patients d'-ie'-. n-cc a: the h-ospttal may be partly due to an irpci-cc interest m mesothelial tumours and partly to the !;.ng ir.terval between first exposure and de ei. p~en: of the tumour. Those exposed between IItI? in5 I9Z5 might be expected to die from about 19:0 or.arcs. Asbestos imports to the United K.nyc nr h.a : mounted steeply since 1932 (Leathart. 19--tj ji-: i - lw. are more widely diversified in injj-t-j The increasing proportion of the popula tion c.pence to jnnestos dunng the past 30 years me;, be expecit-J to give nse to an increasing occurrence o' mesochelial turrours.
The chiice of groups for comparison with the -nc-othel.cma series of patients was not ideal. The -lu.-ihrr of patients it was possible to trace in the reected' series proved to be very small. The `inoaiient" serie*. although matched for dale of birth ind sex, cLfened from the mesothelioma series in that
all were admitted to hospital during 1964. Neither of these groups could be intentewed without know ledge c! the disease from which they were suffering. Thi; could ha-e fed to bias with under-reporting of exposure to asbestos in the in-patient series. How ever. in the 'in-patient' series the actual patient was interviewed, and more detailed and reliable histories were obtabed than was passible from the relatives of those who had died of mesotheliai tumours. There was no evidence that, because of their more recent admission to hospital, the in-patient series was less
likely than the mesothelioma series to work in con tact with asbestos or to live in closer proximity to asbestos factories.
There seems little doubt that the risk of meso thelioma may arise from both occupational and domestic exposures lo asbestos. Wagner and others (1960) described patients with no exposure other than living as a child in (he x icinity of the asbestos mines. A high incidence of asbestos plaques of the pleura has been found in (he population living near an anthophyllile mine in Finland (Kiviluoto. I960). More evidence is required of an increased risk to the population living in the neighbourhood of asbestos factories or other areas, such as dockyards, where asbestos is used in quantity.
We should like to thank Dr. D. O'B Hcurihanc fot his co-operation and for making the results of his Investigations available lo us.
Our thanks are also due to Professor C. w.I.-on. Professor V. W. Dix. Dr. N. L. Rush;., .md Mr. G Flavell, F.RC.S., of the London Hospiul anj l>r. C. P. Silver of St. Matthew's Hospiul for permission to inter view their patients; to the general practitioners who col laborated in this enquiry; to the managements of the asbestos factories for arranging access to their records: to Miss Joan Watford for statistical iSM-tance. and to Dr. J. C. Gilson, Professor R. S. F. Schill ng. and Dr. W. Smiihcr for (heir advice and help.
The contents of this paper were communicated to the Conference on the Biological Effects of Asbestos, arranged by the New York Academy of Sciences in October 1964, and will be published in a shorter form in (he proceedings of that conference.
Retcxencxx
Fewtar. P. . S.. Soper. J. C . end Werner, E. C.II9MI)).. BfU. >
A, 1,211. Leadkia ankle (1964). HM..U301. Uoenkane. D. O'B. (1964). Three. 19. 261. Kixiluaco, k. (I960). Acts rMKW. iSioekA.u Suppt. t**. UalHArteO. L. (1964), Octxp. HHkALm^X 16. 119. 0*n. W. Clin (1964). Bru. m*4. 2. 214.
Wafner. J. C,, Steffi. C. A., and Mtrchlod. P. flttO). But. /.
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l 1931
Biopsy
Nacrctpsy NscrooT B*otny
poHiv< j N*A (,pu,ll<nl
Po.Ui
N-i-;
Potilix S * (ptuun) (
t Brake liner. boiler go**rer, nbn*
| lot (actor)'; mainly crocidoliic ) PiiintipMOf and other join,
aab--es factfury: amoute. ernci-
I doliiA chryioitk < twiatlt (lipe maker, 1 factory, Ctn<icJ avKot^tiv .
1 ly crooMtu ( Uid atbatto* boardin# m r-Uj>
j carriage coo(ric(on | Aibmw fviv>,
: Opmar and Mctumal r^or m^kvr, uNnnt factory, Ofitfettl avt>o> tock; tmoaac. crocidolfte, ebryv1-
1955 brncromr Pouuvt
BMtpsjr Fmilivc j N"A
j Upturn) }
1
I95J j Biopsy 1
( NA
. I (p*rtutnl 1954 j Necropsy 1 Pos**"*
Ned*'*1**
1957 I BiW 1951 1 Bop*y
N/A
NA KA
1951 J NCrW Pe<tt pa*'ltv*
j' Slpitewmr. nbc9tt factory. ccrtiUcd a , attantotk; mainly crocidolnc
- Sactional pip* make*, ikbt^toi 3 ) factory.crntAcd abbotmt*c; mainly
, ScprioflaMafM. atetbdloi fb.'iory, ceniliol
6 ubcaatk. mainly crocnSoluc
OttMM|rter. i^bntci fcistr>;
nuUrtd3 amwtr, erocdoliK. thowuW AlbCUM fr.ivcr, north E
1* Ciaihrdcaar.oiaftabcctvoirsyn factor) . mjml>
It * Orio9hri<kfflitrand
sNvtos
It fbCiory: armnftr. cnodolDc.
Petitiv-c.int 1 M
pruf j
i St
y\
pkjia
1
f
M
p
NA
j'*;?1 1940 l
i 19?* ] Biopsy
I > I 1959 : 8<cp*>
N7A
!
Negative J Spau> :
1 ! i . :t925 1941 ! 1 t ) j 1959 j Nocrofn) j Negative ( Ne**tve j
tv07 1921 j 1 , 1942 | EUofny | Bourne ] Negative J
|'K)7
1924 ' 1942 I
l
1P99 1923 j
^ PoutlS* ( 0 ' 1942 N'ec*or*y f Pcntm*
I NcgMl"* i U j 194) ! feopsr ! Positive i6 ' 1962 j Necropsy ! Positive positive 1
2
II ?
*
?
5 ?
Fcihltevyrtmmilacker lur A R.P. m-skA. aAbcaioa factory; m*inV ciooFJioltelurc maker for A.R.P. avhotot (actor); nuirl) 4<4ite Liectrode c>cr. crociJoltir
Sptntier, Abet<o factory. mainly
croctdolitc Dcliveecd chcmKAlt to / factory; ammiic, croCHit'tot.
1 Scphinrynwerm, la* tbritu* factorym.nniy
croodotnc
i} Labourer. *erki and buildin*'. asbccoa factor): amotiic. v'iki*
Pku' a
M 11-99 1936
1
! j | {J 1963 j Necrops) j Po*ilue j Negative
JP Ifu *
si
Z1925 1
j1963 Necropsy j Positive
Positive
Pc*ii*nrum M
in
1930 ' 1 27
1944 1 Necropsy j Positive
Positive
p<'.i.*ftA jrr M (917 1937
t 1 Wdoorikiue,dchirnyaoytaikrd of m^ul.mng 6 Ccaornduear,ctoatrbt cuot rectory; mjnly
. crocadolite 24 Dittmefrater and nth.-r
asbestos factory; ifrvnitc. crin;u dolitt, chryimik
23 1935 Nacropey ' N*ativ*
r^ur-
Vieu'J
-
M M
|$74 lull
till
1910
19.17 '
<>
22 : I9JJ Biopsy N/A
22 t 1959 Nocrckpey Positive
NA Positive
1901
1 1922
1 " i 1961 M 1| 19*1 '
ay N/A
' N.A
Powitv*
SI 190S 1922
y*
p,Mi'V;um P<cat PlCJl*
M M
19U 1547 1912
1927 I91A , 1927
14 1961 Nacropn j Po*ni'
41 | w: Biopsi 34 1962 ! Rmhmi
VA nfa
Pemttve Na SA
Worked in close prt#*mn> t* hokr
repairer in dockvardt
' Boiler <kn*r md t(rt*er,
\^u,u\24
9
ByoairkdrsCoirfcf and lagircr to (Efirramc*tifff and fiding cemM hutmg
25
Boiler coterer ji J pr< inhuiatof,
12 coott*ciirg ftrnt
' Lag#cr and btukr crsrre*, sjri(Hj\
13 firms
Intecnuicrt!) ho*kr Ufpc', i: p
t
InrenpaalliArsliktr -f
,icilu>ng
10
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268 BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
APPENDIX ImW)
EIGKTY-THREE PATIENTS WITH MESOTHELIAL TUMOURS
i'4 S x .
' rr. r> k - .
1
Dvr**
i Vo,* *>en
>CM of
^f Year
c ' First Expo- of
B tpo- urc Death
tgrr t>c4rt
Ho* Diasnosed
i . i.m " f. T.-ur* I'r-rkr ver
4*i *U-J
M IB.2 1*23
11
1*56 Biapfir
1 P.lho-
Asbestos i logical | Bodies Evidence
tn Lung of AjTissue , bcsiotls
(a Lung Tissue
N-A
N/A
U rCu-4 3* Peurs
F i*:) 1*1* 2 l*J7 Biotay F IW 1*1* 41 1*60 tiomr
\;a NVA
N/A N/A
JT fjua
F 1*05 1*25 14 1*60 Biogty
Six
N/A
3? ^riiomeur F ir-o 1921 21 1*60 Necropsy Positive Negative
33 PCUTW
F 1*16 It JO 4 1*61 Necropsy Negative Negative
J* fnn
M i*i* 1931
2 1*61 B*oiay
N/A
N/A
j: Pcurw
F 1*00 1*41
1*63 Biopsy
N/A
N/A
m Peri4.:*wew. F i
II** 1*12
It 1*6)
i _
ow
N/A
N/A
Survival from Initial
Symptoms (mosikt)
i
Retesar: H .i.rs
21 Elder sitter oul u spinner it
asbestos
dird 1*46.
certified ubniote
14 Elder sister cmr`.o)td si spec**. looked after patient i child
1) For several years husosod ssd"
in ship*! engine room, d0*
proximity la lagging operations
J Husband sorted as boiler tovosr;
overalls brought home for washing
24 Husband foremae and esecutnc asbcsios factory
s Husband a docker; frequently
handled 'white' asbestos
it Elder abler worked u ir<*'Mr f< asbestos factory and suffers from
tlbfUOiU
It Daughter worked m sibe^mfactoO
for S years; pa:tem washed he*
overalls
IS Husband ratla cjrrugc buddrr;
lined consfwrxmrnii with stbmtc*
sheeting; work clothes washed si
home
S> hhawrAs prf awi
44 PWvrw 41 Prwra 43 Hegra JO - Hewra 43 Prvr 4* Newrs M 7| P-CU*? 41 P.cura 4* PuD 4* *tu%
7F 19C5 1*1)
1*5* BMW
N/A
N/A
1 Lived witfaio | m:V of puKi site of asbatos factory*
M l 1*22 14 i 1*60 Biopty
N/A
N/A
17 Lived withm | mJc of prwsewt site
of asbestos Csctorv
F IM9 1913 41 . 1*61 *oy Positive Negative
IS Lived withta 100 >srds of proenl
1 F l*C3 1*00 * 1*61 Biop>r N/A
N/A
site of asbestos factory 1) Lived wtihio | mile of old trtc
asbestos faaory
F 1*03 i*i) 1) 1*61 Bttpty
N/A
N/A
4 Lived within | m:le of frotfl!
of asbcsios factory
F !*;? 1*17 10 1*61 Biopiy
N/A
N/A
16 Lived within 200 >ads of pi**1
tile of asbestos factory
F IF** 1*07 4 1*62 Biopay Negative Negative
5 Lived withia f mile of old sne of
asbestos facmo-
F
It*9 1*07
4 i*i Biotay
N/A
N/A
12 Lived within | rrulc of old *t* et
asbestos factory
F 1*00 1*1) 31 ;1 1*62 Biopsy
N/A
N/A
2* Lived within | m.U of present *4* of asbestos factory
F l* 1*1)
^ i 1*62 *opy
N7A
N/A
* Lived whh | rc.k of present u
of asbestos factory
F 1*73 1*1)
1*63 Biopay
n;a
N/A
7 Lived within J rr. le of prevent **tf
of asbotos factory
w. ,r .V* *I,TW r/rn. act i / Mhrrfm
A t*fu: i
* 1*00
V H-.t 4 feu*.
" /e-v
1*"I M IV5
L 1 *'
4 It--t *rve --
l'4
t. Pe-n
M ir
1*47 Necrorn> Positive Negative
1 PM 1*54
Necroni) Biopsy
Negative NA
Negative N/A
1*55 Biopsy
NA
N/A
1*73 Necropsy Negative 1*55 Necropsy Negative
Negative Positive
7 Worked as nur*^-n.i^ tv maoigcr
of gav work* n 1 .SI L
isbevtin intjijti *n tr*r</ m v**r>
3 Shorthand-ivr*'*
h.>u*cJ<-
%
lived tllofd area Baker's rotr.dvr*in. i*rv.v. graet**
labourer. puhl*,jr. JO .'4t
East End f* Lc* J-'" V Munitions *ork hr* re msfrags,
then hou>c*il'. :..ed >4 al't^m
n Abbey. Eaves Tailorcst and h uvc- f< m t-5i
- End of London 21 Empkwed *t lu^r-ni- and greaKT.
Beckton gas *.rii 36 >""
perstsient dvcK. m-% `g smut B
tide of chest tv* <*.ng e*rr'-*^
1*23. acute chr : -.iec:*on 1,3>.
tubvequent ir *... t-Ij''.'
deicnoralrJ f..-- I- .
MESOTHELh
ST0279223
Case No.
S ic of Pr 'HUM
7. incur
Srv 1
i
P
61 Per iiirnm 1 M . I*
54 PWut j 74 Pleura
51 Pleura 66 Ple-jra
M
F il i jM jF
57 Peritoneum | M |
32 ritjrj
1 1
6) Plrjf.
|
31 Pleura
3* i Plcwia !
1
7) . Pleura
70 Pleura
72 Peritoneum
33 Pleur* 60 * Pe'itoneum
v< M
67 ; Pleura 36 PU-ura
69 Periirneum
F
M
F
33 P-eurj
M
f 1 nttjrrd
71 Pl.-jri
1
1) | Pleura
|M
II .l Ptcuri
|M
0 ' Pifun Pleura
11
!1
M M
77 Peril.neum * 1
7* Pleura
1*
1'
1
r |-
:i
i\i;
: EMa * nr. A
-e: Ucury, <i~ w '** w*r<tyt; u
- *J *.'ter jva- r.: ,.t ^ jtj- r-: *#llt
m*.
' f;c \m ~ u Uq:'< rr-" - *offce <t ile -
t m:u sri i: ij"*# fir valuing
r,w .ircauj * - e\mvr* ar - 'jCSt^
. a dicar' l*qarm<)> h-Uf' 4*>r,'iO*
v.wcr *of^ u immt re <* fa, or> ani suSms {<
*orktd n 4.
* 'an; pa^ea:
raua xi*--ejc |
T.pAimem r-ib * nt *ock cotAi*a
m
_ . `Ill IT> .*S 'cov ioAUr-
. m :`.im i mic c,r
v UJKry
; - -."lift }Oti >ar-y of
: aibew.:* Ucto*-*
. ->r. i nat* t'<
set wy
he ef
f OUC *_` pim facto'*
*.un 2ft.'
of
` .iPCStaS fluToP" k
. *.*' .m`jCiLS|fxmx a! ok
I ot
. *: *.'A t **< a * 9<
,7 . .> iA.v>
- --*.m y ru
p-m
p| ffcCU^*
;! t true c*` pr -wv 4
. <vi;n rtu* e*
'fVwt t*ctcr<
I of
r. L
*m--atur w-stf i.-Vl he
' I'ti
rwr.^t f . K;
. : Lor.^tr '" *r\c tc:' ?*-
f*` X k^c . Itic;
-nd b.iin
Lx ndrm at i-uenar .urvd
f <L*Cb.-|<'4 l*rin i ft.
' x*e>: '* - f ewgjsn--
__e cars x:i<ai Itf X,
. T-
' Ak*i
MESOTHELIOMA OF PLEURA FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS
APPENIKX (awM) EIGHTY.THREE PAT1ENT1 WITH MESOTMCUAL TUMOURS
269
^ s or ^ Pnmar*
e Pentoneam
fir.: j > Pie.-
Plr.-rf - Pte.j
- Femone.m Fk.-a Pkw.'j Vle^ j
e rie.'j
Plrjfj - Pkc'j - Per cone _m
r Ptc_'-
! Per.t'Vic tm Plr-rj Pkj*j
Personr-m
r Pk^j
,/ l atr.
PIcitj c Pleura * Plr--'a . PhC^t . Pie.-j - Pcr.t.'nc .n -4 YW-J*
' ; Year Scs of | link ! M 1913
1 M 1904
1 1916
M 119) 1 IK9t
M 1179
M 1(90 M 190* M 1910 M 1911
F HIT F I SKI F 1191
M 1181 M 1915 F 1*97 M 1912 F 1901
M 1(92
Dura-
Year lioo of of Year
First ipo of Eapo- sure Death sure (years
How Dm#-
aeeed
1931 tiovr "
1956 lir 1957 fiiopsy
1957 Biopsy I95S Biopsy
1951 mtoptf
1959 Biofnr 1960 iopty I960 Necropsy 1960 Nerov*f
1962 Nnwr
1 1962 R*of<
1962
1962 Necropsy 1962 Necropsy 1965 B,op*r i 196) (<o|I 1964 Nacrofwjr i 1964 Necropsy
Aabevee Bodies to lareo Tane
N/A
NA NA
NA NA
S'A NA NA Kfun Poaitivt
Nepatnw Nefatree NA Negative N1M NA NA Negauve
Positive
PshotlEL
of A*in Lareg Taetre N/A
N. A NA
N7A N,*A
N/A Si a N/A Ntpihv fouiw
Nepthc Ncpthe N/A Hipiae Nepihs N/A N/A Nc^rtve
Negative
Survival
from lartvai Symptoms (reoothe)
Kttrrmi Hmofy
i<
Africa 19)^32, no definite evidence
of COWm villi asbestos; suhte-
liwHly smployed nri cratKlunMf boati
Labourer and builder, final])- em
ployed in tunnelling; lued m F.jvt
End of London 19 Employed remaking r'd nek* in
i Bow, prcvHitix cimunl <f v-ickv ih*i ascertained; loed I ju Cud of London
; i GllaieradgeWhl|a|nlcdfl,t4cmhjpuilifMcut '..IImmI 'Ik|h*fjMnfulK',
6 forked ** pnung nuwhmtM
before marriage. then a> Ik>ui( tie
until death: lived Cni End of
London
J Stereotyper and printer, load
ortfinatty in East London, then
moed to Ipiw icfc 12 Van boy, regular army, cutter and
Kndcr; lived S.E. London and >penbam IK Bricklayer, cement worker, ptp-i-
man; lived East End of London.
moved lo Hainault, Eases in |vt|
II Fitter and turner: lived principally
V
in East End of London Coloured S. African merchant tea
man. stoker at plau factory;
isible contact with asbevtov in
rAfrica or at tea
10 Lived until rrumaie in Wales, then
housekeeper in S.W. London
50 Machinist of celluloid colUiv. 1 housewife and canteen winker;
lived East London 10 Machinist in hosiery trade, Notting
ham, bousowife; moved to London 1900
j;
Labourer, merchant vejm.it>, docker, carried only meal
54 |I Apprentice printer, barman, cook,
and butcher. For 25 years before
death lived Easi End of Ixvndon
1i Drcaanukcr and housewife; lived East End of London then Somerset
24 <i Steel erector, army, steel erector,
1 labourer and porter; lived East 1 End of London
42 | Employed as packer m pharma! eeutical firm for 12 years, then Housewife until death; lived m
Dagenham
24 Fisherman, fireman, docker. 1915-
59 at Tilbury dockv, fireman and finally storekeeper; contact iih
asbestos not probable ai Tilbu')
docks; lived Tilbury area
F 1,93 i
M 1160 j i
M IS77 j
M
1VI l9) j
F 19)0 |
jF ; >:*
i
1917 Necropsy
i
1922 Necropsy Nefjtrvc
1925 Necropsy Negative
19)6 Necropsy Negative
1931 Necropsy Positive
1945 Necropsy Positive
1955 Necropsy Positive
Pohicrvc (
1N* i
.Nc0Dc . Ncgstrvc Postivc Powtivc ( POVD ve
Not traced Not traced Not traced N*H traced Not traced Not traced Not traced
N'A (issue not ssaiUbk.
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