Industrial medicine and surgery . connected with the plant without first being thoroughly examinedby one of the doctors and pronounced physically fit to compete. Thisaffords another channel for health supervision. 30 INDUSTEIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY WELFARE SERVICE The term welfare is disliked by many employees. It smacks toomuch of charity. Nevertheless, it is one of the most importantbranches of the employees service department. It has been variouslytermed in the different industries as The Industrial Relations Service,The Employees Advisors, The Sociological Service, etc. No matterby what te
Industrial medicine and surgery . connected with the plant without first being thoroughly examinedby one of the doctors and pronounced physically fit to compete. Thisaffords another channel for health supervision. 30 INDUSTEIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY WELFARE SERVICE The term welfare is disliked by many employees. It smacks toomuch of charity. Nevertheless, it is one of the most importantbranches of the employees service department. It has been variouslytermed in the different industries as The Industrial Relations Service,The Employees Advisors, The Sociological Service, etc. No matterby what term you call it, the work of such a division has a logicalplace in industry, and it must have the closest connection with themedical department. Many times little controversies will occur between a boss and aworker, or little injustices will be done an employee and will so preyon his mind that he first becomes mentally then physically and 1,ervousnesa Fig. 4.—All things tending to lower the health of an employee lower his —The Vicious Circle. The preventive is a properly organized Human Main-tenance Department. Again, misfits between the job and the man, misfits in temperamentbetween the boss and an employee, and many other allied conditions,often lead to the development of a vicious circle. A misfit meansinefficiency, inefficiency causes censure and fear of losing his job,this fear causes worry, then nervousness, then lowered healthconditions, and this last physical state makes him a greater misfit(Fig. 4). Fears of all kinds; discontent; lack of living wage; worry over sick-ness or trouble at home; worry over debts; over a love affair; over acrime committed; bad habits, especially intemperance; bad homeenvironments; insufficient food; unsanitary housing conditions; andinnumerable other stimuli for mental and physical depression, aredaily arising to undermine the health of employees. It is jus
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