Interim report : industrial efficiency and fatigue / Health of Munition Workers Committee.

  • Great Britain. Health of Munition Workers Committee.
Date:
1917
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Credit: Interim report : industrial efficiency and fatigue / Health of Munition Workers Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. Manufacture. Pro- cesses on which persons| examined were em- employed. | 3. Number employed... 4. examined...| in the} | 5. Conditions Factory — (a) Sanitation, &. (6) Feeding (c) Welfare (d) First aid ... } 6. Means of transit 7. Housing 8. Hours of work Machines, automatic. lathes, Hand- filling. 955. 105. Good. mises, clean, well ventilated. .. No canteen. Mess room, insufficient nurses, vehicles night 66 ; 68 hours. | 9. Wages 10, Posture at work ll. Medical tion— classifica- | | A B C 12. Ailments— | Indigestion ; Constipation ... | Headache (frequent) | Sleeplessness ... oi Muscular pains Anemia Disorders of menstru- ation wa Disorders of vision . | | Defective teeth « + 18 years, 17s. 3d. ” symptoms strain. 30°0 ” 11-0 ” 5°7 2°3 95 22°8 10°4 114 22°8 9s. 6d. to 18 showed | of over- | | Cartridge and fuze | filling. Handwork, danger area—filling, finishing filled cases. machine lathes, automatic, | 475. | 82 (? were girls under ep.) /Good, except insuffi- | ciency of lavatory accommodation. | | ted. | | No canteen. Mess Cooking. | OOM, Matron and assistant, | working type. _Nosurgery. No nurse. Ambulance boxes. Bad. Station 14 miles distant. All but 5 lived at home. Semi-rural districts. (1) Day and night _ 6 nights=59$4. | (2) Day shift + O.T. | alternate 6 and 7 days = 69—76 hours. per bour. (Wages raisedafter arbitration a few weeks later.) Work seated, 47 standing, 11 either, 24 ” ” 26°8 ” 12°2 ” 18°3 73 122 23°0 26°3 INTENSIVE 120 TABLE COMBINING Factory, SoctAL AND MEDICAL Cartridges. Light Cartridges. Machines, automatic machines, hand work, bench work, danger | 2,500. 850. 149. 210. | Not good. Fairly good. _ New, well built, except machine shop, ventil- ation poor. | | | | Some overcrowding and defective ventilation. | Canteen. Fairly good. | Canteen satisfactory. | | Matron and assistant. | No welfare work. Surgery and 5 nurses, Surgery and nurse. Inadequate trams. Majority spend under | 1 hour travelling. . Majority live with parents. (1) Day and night 7 days=67 and 69: shift (108 women) night, 63. Py days = 72 ; 6 nights | = 68 hours. /(2) Day shift + O.T. | Day and night shifts, 77; 6nights=68 hours. Time and piece rate. Time rate starting for Rate per 53 hours, adults at 15s. under 18, from 6s. to | 9s.; over 18, from | 10s. to 12s. Complaints made that sitting was not per-_ | mitted. | “ Large proportion | _ showed signs of | _ fatigue.” 65°8 per cent. (61:4 per cent. |29°5. ;, (329 —,, its Bots | | 107 ,, 190, 255 ,, | 181 ge ee 22 ,, 127, Sle. wy Ver ee BER PEE Aca 39: Lees 122 wx, 229 < tia aa PLS aoa 16:8 00 ; Hand grenades. Machines, lathes, presses, automatic, hand work, _ light bench work, assembling, &c. 150. 130. Fair. Old premises, ventila- tion, &e., fairly good. No canteen, mess room, no cooking. Welfare worker, occupier’s daughter. Ambulance box in smal] office at rest room. (1) Day and night shifts—7 days, 6 nights. (2) Day shift + O.T. Piece work. Wages range from 14s. to 45s. MeEpIcAL 50°0 per cent. 38°5 ” ”? 17-7 10°7 315 54 115 169 4°6 14°6