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12G Twknty-Eighth Biknxial Report Nash, carbon tetrachloride exposures in a cotton mill in Alamance, and a very puzzling neuro-circulatory syndrome affecting 60 furniture plant workers in Lenoir County. There were 110 mule spinners in 6 woolen mills examined for scrotal cancer by an eminent dermatologist of the United States Public Health Service and the Director of the Division. Many cases of folliculitis of the thigh and a few cases of kerotoses were found but no scrotal cancer. Two plug tobacco plants were visited in company with a Public Health Service physician interested in skin diseases. Other dermatoses cases were investigated by the Division Director; these involved a textile worker at each of two mills. A moulage ("ast was made of the lesions in one case for display in the permanent exhibits in the Health Building. Clinical examinations and X-ray films of the chest were made for 3,314 prospective and routine employees in the siliceous dust industries of the state. The group of persons examined included 324 employees of the asbestos textile mills in Mecklenburg County who were reexamined after three years and a group of 20 former asbestos textile plant workers. It was noted that there had been no significant changes in the medical findings between examinations. In the case of employee reexaminations, the lack of progression of such pathology as was in evidence at the first examinations may reflect the efficiency of dust control devices that have been extended and improved since the original study was made. The medical examinations include four that were made especially for evidence in connection with compensation litigation, one involving granite dust, two copper mine dust, and one pyrophyllite mine dust. Claimants for compensation were responsible for other medical activities. There were 21 detailed medical reports prepared, 3 of which involved asbestosis; 13, silicosis; 3, pneumoconiosis; 1, carbon disulphide poisoning; and 1, volatile paint and lacquer solvents. Medical testimony was given at 10 compensation hearings; both medical and engineering testimony at one; and only engineering at one. Required also in this connection were two autopsies. The Medical Director assisted in arranging and was present at the autopsy of a former asbestos textile plant worker and made all arrangements for and performed an autopsy on a former foundry worker. The compensation case involving the autopsied former asbestos textile worker was directly responsible for a comprehensive statistical study of the occurrence of respiratory diseases in the industry. In order to obtain the needed data, as many of the workers originally examined as could be contacted were re-questioned after a lapse of three years or more. There were 325 persons involved, 273 who were unaffected and 52 who had asbestosis. The study indicated that the incidence of pulmonary disorders, other than asbestosis, were no more prevalent among the affected workers than among -those who exhibited no symptoms of dust exposure. In other words, exposure to asbestos dust apparently does not predispose workers to other respiratory maladies. A major activity of this biennium was the study of the health of workers in the brick and tile industry. All of the data contained on the case record forms for 1,555 employees were coded for punch card analysis. In addition, each case record and its accompanying X-ray film w^ere reviewed critically. This study revealed that, although the workers are exposed to siliceous dusts, the occupational disease hazard in the brick and tile industry is not acute.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-02: Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Description | Publication began with the 13th (1909/1910) and ceased with the 44th (1970/1972) |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : The Board, 1911- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1938-1940 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-028 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 28 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 126 |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Description | Publication began with the 13th (1909/1910) and ceased with the 44th (1970/1972) |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : The Board, 1911- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1938-1940 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-028-0130 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 28 |
Page Number | 126 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 12G Twknty-Eighth Biknxial Report Nash, carbon tetrachloride exposures in a cotton mill in Alamance, and a very puzzling neuro-circulatory syndrome affecting 60 furniture plant workers in Lenoir County. There were 110 mule spinners in 6 woolen mills examined for scrotal cancer by an eminent dermatologist of the United States Public Health Service and the Director of the Division. Many cases of folliculitis of the thigh and a few cases of kerotoses were found but no scrotal cancer. Two plug tobacco plants were visited in company with a Public Health Service physician interested in skin diseases. Other dermatoses cases were investigated by the Division Director; these involved a textile worker at each of two mills. A moulage ("ast was made of the lesions in one case for display in the permanent exhibits in the Health Building. Clinical examinations and X-ray films of the chest were made for 3,314 prospective and routine employees in the siliceous dust industries of the state. The group of persons examined included 324 employees of the asbestos textile mills in Mecklenburg County who were reexamined after three years and a group of 20 former asbestos textile plant workers. It was noted that there had been no significant changes in the medical findings between examinations. In the case of employee reexaminations, the lack of progression of such pathology as was in evidence at the first examinations may reflect the efficiency of dust control devices that have been extended and improved since the original study was made. The medical examinations include four that were made especially for evidence in connection with compensation litigation, one involving granite dust, two copper mine dust, and one pyrophyllite mine dust. Claimants for compensation were responsible for other medical activities. There were 21 detailed medical reports prepared, 3 of which involved asbestosis; 13, silicosis; 3, pneumoconiosis; 1, carbon disulphide poisoning; and 1, volatile paint and lacquer solvents. Medical testimony was given at 10 compensation hearings; both medical and engineering testimony at one; and only engineering at one. Required also in this connection were two autopsies. The Medical Director assisted in arranging and was present at the autopsy of a former asbestos textile plant worker and made all arrangements for and performed an autopsy on a former foundry worker. The compensation case involving the autopsied former asbestos textile worker was directly responsible for a comprehensive statistical study of the occurrence of respiratory diseases in the industry. In order to obtain the needed data, as many of the workers originally examined as could be contacted were re-questioned after a lapse of three years or more. There were 325 persons involved, 273 who were unaffected and 52 who had asbestosis. The study indicated that the incidence of pulmonary disorders, other than asbestosis, were no more prevalent among the affected workers than among -those who exhibited no symptoms of dust exposure. In other words, exposure to asbestos dust apparently does not predispose workers to other respiratory maladies. A major activity of this biennium was the study of the health of workers in the brick and tile industry. All of the data contained on the case record forms for 1,555 employees were coded for punch card analysis. In addition, each case record and its accompanying X-ray film w^ere reviewed critically. This study revealed that, although the workers are exposed to siliceous dusts, the occupational disease hazard in the brick and tile industry is not acute. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-02/nchh-02-028.pdf |
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Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-02-028 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-02 |
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