Report of the Department of Health / New Zealand.

  • New Zealand. Department of Health
Date:
[1959]
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    Table 14—Medical Examination of Young Workers Number Examined Number of Certificates Issued Number of Rejections Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total First examination 1,744 1,111 2,855 1,742 1,106 2,848 2 5 7 Subsequent examination 318 171 489 304 168 472 .. Total 2,062 1,282 3,344 2,046 1,274 3,320 2 5 7 *Min. of Lab. and Nat. Serv. Industrial Health. A survey in Halifax. H.M.S.O., London 1958. 2. Nursing Services—The desirability of nursing services in industry is somewhat more evident because of the immediately obvious advantage of improved first-aid attention. One cannot help but be impressed by the work carried out by nurses in industry. The respect and prestige they enjoy both with management and workers enables them to con¬ tribute in many health-promotion and accident-prevention efforts. In an endeavour to meet the needs of small plants the Department has established six industrial health centres to date. The Waterfront Industry Commission now meets 50 per cent of the maintenance charges for the waterfront centres which are located in accommodation provided by harbour boards. Table 15—Attendances at Industrial Health Centres District Centre Attendances Total Referred to First Redressings Own Doctor Hospital Auckland Penrose 3,499 4,715 8,214 91 167 Queen’s Wharf .. 7,708 5,266 12,974 1,137 794 Mount Welling¬ ton 1 Wellington Waterfront 3,297 i ,922 5,219 322 261 Petone2 , , # # . , , , Christchurch Woolston 3 969 347 1,316 108 16 Lyttelton W ater- front 2,685 2,393 5,078 384 29 Hornby4 • . • • • • • • • • Dunedin Foreshore 974 768 1,742 156 181 Timaru Industrial Fore¬ shore 5 • • • • • • •. • • Totals 19,132 15,411 34,543 2,198 1,448 1 Land purchased. Architect appointed by Workers’ Compensation Board proceeding with preliminary sketch plans. a Land purchased. Architect appointed by Workers’ Compensation Board proceeding with preliminary sketch plans. s Replacement site purchased. Architect proceeding with working drawings. * Land purchased. 8 Authority to rent rooms when available. 3. First aid—First aid is the first line of defence in dealing with the industrial casualty. Our statutory obligations, except in the mining industry, are fairly minimal and standards of first aid requirements are
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