Diseases of the lungs from mechanical causes : and inquiries into the condition of the artisans exposed to the inhalation of dust / by G. Calvert Holland.
- George Calvert Holland
- Date:
- 1843
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Credit: Diseases of the lungs from mechanical causes : and inquiries into the condition of the artisans exposed to the inhalation of dust / by G. Calvert Holland. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![DISEASES OF THE LUNGS Of the 78 adults, 53 can read and write; S can read only; so that there are 22 that can neither read nor write. The ap- prentices in the branch are 46: between the ages of ]0 and 15, 3; between 15 and 21, 43. Of the 46 apprentices, 36 can both read and write. These results are very different from any that we have contemplated in the several grinding branches. They indicate an easy command of the necessaries of life; for where there is much physical suffering, either from disease or laborious exertions insufl&ciently remunerated, the cultivation of the mind is always proportionately neglected. The ages of the apprentices suggest a remark, the same as we made on the apprentices i the scissor branch. The prosperity of 1834, 1835, and 1836 ha a marked influence on the introduction of boys. Of the 46, 4 are between the ages of 15 and 21, the greater part of who would be admitted at that time, as well as some of the 12 be tween 21 and 25 years of age. Such are the effects of fits o prosperity inseparable from commercial enterprise. We have further particulars of 67 of the 78 ; and it is som what singular, that with one exception, they are all marrie and were married at the following ages:—At 2] and unde 34; from 21 to 25, 26; from 25 to 30, 6; total, 66. The nu ber of children born to the 66 is 311, of whom 142 are dea The artisans who have married shop-girls are only 7. The wor men in this branch are not peculiarly subject to diseases of th lungs. The occupation is not detrimental to health, except fro the severity of the labour, and, as we have already remarked, th circumstances in which they are placed are exceedingly favour- able to the development of the muscular frame. This class of grinders is the best remunerated, and the most vigorous in con- stitution of any engaged in the trade, and it affords a striking contrast to several of the branches which have been investigated. This branch has long been in a union, which is strictly main- tained. I Sect. VIII.—File-Grinders. In the consideration of this and the following branch, we re-|- gret that we have not the same particulars to present as those](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21483231_0108.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
