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178 Twk.nty-Ekihth Bikxniai. rnrokt three of granite, one of tobacco stenimery, and three of foundry dusts. This medical and engineering work involved brick and tile plants, pyrophyllite mines and mills, granite quarries and cutting sheds, a cigarette factory; foundries; asbestos textile plants; feldspar mines and mills; mica recovery, fabi'i-cating, and grinding plants; limestone quarries; other mining operations; a washboard plant; stock feed manufacturing; peanut harvesting; mirror manufacturing; and a cotton mill chemical dust hazard. There were 23 industrial establishments visited to discuss and promote the installation of dust control devices; 14 to obtain an occupational analysis and information on the character of the working environment; and 1, upon request, to advise with respect to a possible dermatoses hazard. This work resulted in the preparation, upon request, of diagrams and specifications for exhaust ventilation systems for three plants, the design of a small dust collector house, and a request from the officials of a foundry to be conducted on a tour of inspection to similar plants in the state that had installed dust control equipment. During the year there was installed in a large granite cutting shed an exhaust ventilation system for a part of the surfacing machines, and in a foundry exhaust ventilation was provided for the casting cleaning machinery. These systems were checked by measurements of air flow and dust counts; both were found to be performing satisfactorily. Detailed medical reports were prepared for the Industrial Commission with respect to compensation hearings for six men, all of whom claimed silicosis as the cause of disability, the mineral dusts involved being granite, foundry, pyrophyllite, copper ore, and feldspar. There were four men examined specifically in connection with compensation hearings. One of the litigants died shortly after the hearing, and an autopsy performed by the Director of the Division confirmed the ante mortem diagnosis of silico-tuberculosis. Medical testimony was given at two such hearings involving three litigants; both medical and engineering testimony at one; and only engineering at one. A very noteworthy development of the past year has been the cooperation with local and district health officers in the evaluation of industrial environments. The cooperative enterprises involved dust exposures attending peanut harvesting in Washington County, feed grinding and compounding in 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. A satisfactory answer to the latter has not been obtained as yet, although the matter has the continued attention of the Division personnel. It is hoped that such joint investigations will increase in number. The Division has a highly specialized service to render and can operate at maximum effectiveness only with the assistance of the men who are out on the firing line, so to speak. The Division welcomes requests from local health officers for joint investigations of local industrial problems. Information was provided upon request to physicians and others with respect to lye poisoning, lead intoxications, and cyanide poisoning. In cooperation with the United States Public Health Service a survey was made of two plug tobacco plants to determine the incidence of industrial skin diseases among the workers. There was obtained little or no evidence that would incriminate plug tobacco ingredients as dermatoses producers. There were 21 public addresses, lectures, and papers presented during the past year by Division personnel. Three papers were presented before inter-
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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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Volume Number | 28 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 178 |
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-02-028-0182 |
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 | 178 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 178 Twk.nty-Ekihth Bikxniai. rnrokt three of granite, one of tobacco stenimery, and three of foundry dusts. This medical and engineering work involved brick and tile plants, pyrophyllite mines and mills, granite quarries and cutting sheds, a cigarette factory; foundries; asbestos textile plants; feldspar mines and mills; mica recovery, fabi'i-cating, and grinding plants; limestone quarries; other mining operations; a washboard plant; stock feed manufacturing; peanut harvesting; mirror manufacturing; and a cotton mill chemical dust hazard. There were 23 industrial establishments visited to discuss and promote the installation of dust control devices; 14 to obtain an occupational analysis and information on the character of the working environment; and 1, upon request, to advise with respect to a possible dermatoses hazard. This work resulted in the preparation, upon request, of diagrams and specifications for exhaust ventilation systems for three plants, the design of a small dust collector house, and a request from the officials of a foundry to be conducted on a tour of inspection to similar plants in the state that had installed dust control equipment. During the year there was installed in a large granite cutting shed an exhaust ventilation system for a part of the surfacing machines, and in a foundry exhaust ventilation was provided for the casting cleaning machinery. These systems were checked by measurements of air flow and dust counts; both were found to be performing satisfactorily. Detailed medical reports were prepared for the Industrial Commission with respect to compensation hearings for six men, all of whom claimed silicosis as the cause of disability, the mineral dusts involved being granite, foundry, pyrophyllite, copper ore, and feldspar. There were four men examined specifically in connection with compensation hearings. One of the litigants died shortly after the hearing, and an autopsy performed by the Director of the Division confirmed the ante mortem diagnosis of silico-tuberculosis. Medical testimony was given at two such hearings involving three litigants; both medical and engineering testimony at one; and only engineering at one. A very noteworthy development of the past year has been the cooperation with local and district health officers in the evaluation of industrial environments. The cooperative enterprises involved dust exposures attending peanut harvesting in Washington County, feed grinding and compounding in 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. A satisfactory answer to the latter has not been obtained as yet, although the matter has the continued attention of the Division personnel. It is hoped that such joint investigations will increase in number. The Division has a highly specialized service to render and can operate at maximum effectiveness only with the assistance of the men who are out on the firing line, so to speak. The Division welcomes requests from local health officers for joint investigations of local industrial problems. Information was provided upon request to physicians and others with respect to lye poisoning, lead intoxications, and cyanide poisoning. In cooperation with the United States Public Health Service a survey was made of two plug tobacco plants to determine the incidence of industrial skin diseases among the workers. There was obtained little or no evidence that would incriminate plug tobacco ingredients as dermatoses producers. There were 21 public addresses, lectures, and papers presented during the past year by Division personnel. Three papers were presented before inter- |
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