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INDUSTRIAL AND PERSONAL

HYGIENE

BY

GEORGE M. KOBER, M. D., LL.D.

Chairman of the Committee on Social Betterment of the President's Homes
Commission, Professor of Hygiene, School of Medicine,
Georgetown University

A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL BETTERMENT

PUBLISHED BY

THE PRESIDENT'S HOMES COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C.

1908

The President's Homes Commission,

Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt

President.

GENERAL GEO. M. STERNBERG

Secretary

GEORGE M. KOBER

Assistant Secretary

H. C. MACATEE

Treasurer

JOHN B. SLEMAN, JR.

Statistician

GUSTAVUS A. WEBER

Executive Secretary

CHARLES F. WELLER

Executive Committee

GEO. M. STERNBERG, Chairman

GEO. M. KOBER

WM. H. BALDWIN

FREDERICK L. SIDDONS

S. W. WOODWARD

MISS MABEL T. BOARDMAN

Social Betterment Committee

GEO. M. KOBER, Chairman

JAMES B. REYNOLDS

Wм. F. DOWNEY

WHITEFIELD MCKINLAY

EMMETT L. ADAMS

MRS. THOMAS T. GAFF

MISS MABEL T. BOARDMAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PART I-INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE..

Introduction

Occupations and Mortality.

Morbidity and Mortality of Wage-Earners..

Indoor Occupations

Occupations Involving Exposure to Irritating Dust.

Metallic and Mineral Dust..

Vegetable Dust

Textile Industries

Animal Dust

Occupations Involving Exposure to Infective Matter in Dust.

Rag, Paper, Wool and Hair Industry......

The Lead Industry in Massachusetts.....

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Occupations Involving Exposure to Poisonous Dust-Lead Dust..

Printers, Type Founders and Typesetters.

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Arsenical Dust

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Occupations Involving Exposure to Irritating or Poisonous Gases or Vapors. 40

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Occupations Involving Exposure to Extremes of Heat, Sudden Changes, and

Abnormal Atmospheric Pressure

Caisson Disease ...

Occupations Involving Constrained Attitudes....

Occupations Involving Over Exercise of Parts of the Body.

Occupations Involving Exposure to Machinery, etc...

Coal Mining

Railway Service

Railway Accidents

Accidents and Injuries

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Infant Mortality in Relation to the Occupation of Women..

Occupations Involving the Inhalation of Organic Gases and Vapors..
Employment of Women and Children....

Special Measures for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Among Wage-Earners. 71 Measures for the Protection of Wage-Earners.....

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Sanitation of Workshops and Quarters for Employees.

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Cubic Air-Space and Amount of Fresh Air per Hour.

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Permanent Expositions Devoted to Industrial and Social Betterment of Wage-Earners

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What the Federal Government May Do for the Promotion of the Welfare of its Employees.....

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German Workingmen's Insurance System..

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What the Employer May Do for the Welfare of Employees..

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What the General Public May Do......

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What the Employee May Do to Contribute to His Own Welfare..

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PART II-PERSONAL HYGIENE....

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Care of Special Organs or Parts of the Body..

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Appendix A-Health of Employees in the Government Printing Office,
Washington

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APPENDIX.-REGULATION OF DANGEROUS TRADES IN ENG

LAND

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