Britain's Health Services
1942-10 1942 1940s 40 pages accidents causing disablement 34% occur in mines. Do they realise, however, that much of this sickness and accident can be prevented? The same Report shows that in iron and steel works, in shipbuilding and transport, the incidence of accidents is much higher than it need...
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London : Communist Party of Great Britain
October 1942
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accidents causing disablement 34% occur in mines. Do they realise, however, that much of this sickness and accident can be prevented? The same Report shows that in iron and steel works, in shipbuilding and transport, the incidence of accidents is much higher than it need be — 11,108 cases per 100,000 employed in iron and steel production compared with 2,642 for all other manufacturing industry; and that there is also a disparity which could be greatly reduced between the accident rate for adults and young people — in 100,000 male workers nearly 1,000 more injuries are to boys than to men. How many workers have ever stopped to think that even the amount and frequency of meals has a direct bearing on their productive capacity? In 1935 an investigation was made of the output of three groups of workers (a) those who went to the factory without breakfast, took dinner but no snacks ; (b) those who had breakfast and dinner but no snacks ; (c) those who had breakfast and dinner and mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks. The average output per hour for the three groups was 172, 183 and 191 units respectively ("Diet and Physical Efficiency," Haggard and Greenberg, 1935). This is the kind of information that must constantly be brought to the notice of the organised workers until they wake up to the fact that their health has a vital bearing on industrial output and the war effort, and is not just a fad or favourite hobby horse of a few cranks. The above figures reveal differences in accident rates and indices of production which not only indicate where the main industrial health problems lie, but also point a way to their solution. Higher rates of accident in certain trades and among different age-groups of workers do not reflect higher risks only; they also demonstrate that much still remains to be done in many industries — coal-mining for instance — for the protection and improvement of the health of those engaged in production. Much of the lost time referred to can be avoided and much sub-normal health improved by the adoption of simple measures in the factory and at home. Workers must be brought to understand this and informed of the steps they themselves may take. A striking case of the effect produced by quite elementary precautions is that of the 8
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| geographic | UK |
| id | HEA-970_e67ea6da46944ee38d28602d8098611f |
| institution | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| is_hierarchy_title | Britain's Health Services |
| language | English English |
| physical | TEXT |
| publishDate | October 1942 |
| publisher | London : Communist Party of Great Britain |
| spellingShingle | Maitland Sara Hallinan Pamphlets: Communist Party of Great Britain Health care Public health--Great Britain--History--20th century Britain's Health Services |
| title | Britain's Health Services |
| topic | Maitland Sara Hallinan Pamphlets: Communist Party of Great Britain Health care Public health--Great Britain--History--20th century |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/2D5C27EC-CE99-4C4B-BB2C-2290115182F9 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/BEE6C899-4016-46C9-98A7-7550C7B61E22 |