Trends in employee health service : Margaret F. McKiever, editor.

  • United States. Public Health Service. Division of Occupational Health
Date:
1965]
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    Federal Fair Labor Standards Act was passed; it extended the principals of maximum hours and minimum wages to all work- ers In industries engaged in interstate commerce. 1939 Indiana State Health Department was the first to employ an industrial nursing consultant, followed by Michigan in 1940. American Industrial Hygiene Association was organized to pro- vide a means for exchanging and increasing knowledge of in- dustrial hygiene (see appendix). In California and Michigan the first statewide prepayment medical care plans sponsored by State medical societies were organized ; California Physicians’ Service began operations in this same year, but Michigan Medical Service did not offer con- tracts until 1940. 1940 National Defense Council, with approval of the President, designated the Federal Security Administrator as coordinator of all health, medical welfare, nutrition, recreation, and related fields of activity affecting the national defense. First comprehensive report on the industrial hygiene problems of the Nation based on surveys made in the States under the guidance of J. J. Bloomfield of the Division of Industrial Hygiene, U.S. Public Health Service, was issued (Public Health Bulletin No. 259). 1941 A conference of the industries processing hatters’ fur, the labor union, the State health officials, held in Connecticut at the re- quest of the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Service, reached an agreement to use only nonmercurial compounds in the felt- carroting industry. Federal Mine Inspection Act was passed, authorizing the U.S. Bureau of Mines to inspect coal] mines and make investigations and recommendations relating to health and safety conditions. First institute for State industrial nursing consultants was held at the National Institutes of Health under the auspices of the Industrial Hygiene Division of the U.S. Public Health Service. The World War II Years and Those Immediately Following: 1942-49 Previous accomplishments in the fields of occupational health and medical care for employees contributed greatly to the war effort. Absence studies made prior to and during the war years focused atten-