Industrial medicine and surgery . of the U. S. Department of Labor to In-dustrial Hygiene. Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demo-graphy, Vol. i, Pt. h, p. 714. 2Andrews, I. O.: The Protection and Promotion of the Health of Women WageEarners in Diseases of Occupation and Vocational Hygiene, p. 226 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY cements used for interior work, while the Swiss Government prohibitsits use in the form of white lead in all painting done under theauthority of its executive departments. In 1909 France enactedlegislation to be effective in July, 1914, forbidding
Industrial medicine and surgery . of the U. S. Department of Labor to In-dustrial Hygiene. Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demo-graphy, Vol. i, Pt. h, p. 714. 2Andrews, I. O.: The Protection and Promotion of the Health of Women WageEarners in Diseases of Occupation and Vocational Hygiene, p. 226 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY cements used for interior work, while the Swiss Government prohibitsits use in the form of white lead in all painting done under theauthority of its executive departments. In 1909 France enactedlegislation to be effective in July, 1914, forbidding use of white lead,of linseed oil mixed with lead, and of all products containing whitelead, in all painting of any nature, either on the outside or insideof buildings. In textile mills, tuberculosis and other contagious diseases havebeen spread by employees sucking thread into shuttles and accordinglyin 1911, Massachusetts prohibited the use of any form of shuttle whichin threading required the employee to use his lips or Fig. —Helmet used to protect eyes and face of arc-welders from ultra-violet rays. {General Electric Co.) The second set of legislative methods for the prevention ofoccupational diseases and the promotion of health of workers, thatof regulation, apply to a large group of occupations and processeswhere injurious materials or conditions are present but where the illeffects on the employees health are less definite. This group includesall those occupations where the workers are exposed to the harmfulaction of extremes of temperature, excessive humidity, insufficient, HEALTH HAZARDS IN OCCUPATIONS 227 poorly regulated or distributed light, impure air, overcrowdingexposure to infectious diseases, dust and fumes, excessive speed,extreme strain or fatigue. While these and many other working con-ditions produce a marked effect upon the health of working people andrender them more susceptible to such diseases as rheumatism, tuber-culosis, anemia, pneumonia
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