Report of the Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the dangers attendant on the use of lead and the danger or injury to health arising from dust and other causes in the manufacture of earthenware and china; and in the processes incidental thereto, including the making of lithographic transfers.

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Date:: 1910

Credit: Report of the Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the dangers attendant on the use of lead and the danger or injury to health arising from dust and other causes in the manufacture of earthenware and china; and in the processes incidental thereto, including the making of lithographic transfers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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$(1) MAJOLICA PAINTERS. Whole of United Kingdom (including North Stafford). China. Earthen ware. Tiles. Majolica. Jet and Rockingham. China Furni- ture and Electrical Fittings. Sanitary. Total. Totals. M.and F. Number of persons employed. *904—M. 7 17 4 1 1 30) 587 F. 40 417 98 1 1 557) 1907—M. 6 16 4 2 28 7 486 F. 3 43 290 118 4 458 \ Number of cases of lead poisoning. Attack Attack Attack Attack A ttack Attack Attack Oases. rate per 1,000. Cases. rate per 1,000. Oases. rate per 1,000. Oases. rate per 1,000. Cases. rate per 1,000. Oases. rate per 1,000. Cases. rate per 1,000. Total cases. Attack Total Attack rate per cases. rate per 1,000. M.&F. l,00O. Under Special Rules from 1894. 1899—M. F. 1900— M. F. 1901— M. F. 1902— M. F. 1903— M. F. 1904— M. F. 1905— M. F. 1906— M. F. 1907— M. F. 1908— M. F. 1909— M. F. 175 25 23 47 23 14 41 4 41 14 59 10 5 14 14 59 17 21 7 17 10 10 10 10 41 10 25 1 5 3 10 45 14 j 33) 9 \ Si 15 9] 17 Si 25 8 6 3 10 7 43 14 10 5 17 12 14 14 8 16 (2) MAJOLICA PAINTERS. North Staffordshire District only. 1898 .... . M. F. 1900 ...» - M. F. 1904 .... - M. F. 1907 .... - M. F. Number of persons employed. 295} 425} 473j 387 } Totals. 295 425 482 394 Cases. Attack rate per 1,000. Number of cases of lead poisoning. 1894 Rules: Overalls, ventilation, sweeping, lavatories, &c, introduced. 1896 - 1897 - 1898 - M. F. M. F. M. F. 1898 Rules : Monthly medical examination introduced 1899 M. F. 1900 M. F. 1901 M. F. 1901 Rules : Little change. 1902 M. F. 1903 39 48 31 20 1903 Rules : Little change. 1904 .... 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - 1908 - 1909 - M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 132} 163 } 105} 47} 1} 1} S} 15} 5] 1} 5} 39 48 31 20 4 3 3 10 7 7 7 3 7 Attack rate per 1,000. 132 103 105 47 9 7 6 21 15 15 18 8 18$

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