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t-ti r~. J ; *" i 73 4 i. e ra I 1 3 EZ3 32 corn S3! 023- 0? PUBLIC 32A LSH: The Tuberculosis Branch is interested, in industrial diseases that produce changes in the lungs. These conditions ore the pneumoconioses, of which the commonest is silicosis. Asbestos is mined at .Vittenoora Go:ge, and it is not Known whether the supervision of the health of the men would ccme under the/Laboratory, although this is presumably the cose. Commonwealth In the metropolitan area this asbestos is used in the manufacture of fibrolite for building purposes. At the present, the workers in this industry are not subjected tc any medical examination, although it is intended to give them early a-ray examination when the clinic is opened at Cathedral doll/ Your attention is drawn tc the report of 27th January, 1218, from the .director of the Government Chemical Laboratories on some specimens of asbestos powder crushed by the liidland Joining Co. 7 heats .. Bassendean. LH/PP 3rd February, 1948. / (.< Lipley iiensell. Birector, Tubercu1osis Branch a, ^ 'CtLKsj. $S 1 MS ^ ^ *v r? T ^ faf W ^ \ ;' f.-H -id