MINERS’ DISEASES
Sir,—Dr. D. J. Miller’s reply to my question regarding miners’ diseases is far from satisfactory. In the first place, as a medical practitioner, had he any need to ask the Government for permission to carry out his investigations? There cannot be anything of a private nature in diseases due to a special occupation. And as to his, “It would require a survey on a national basis, covering several years, to obtain any valid conclusion regarding health in the mining industry.” This also needs an explanation. Why should it? Herein lies the secret! In “The Press” yesterday we read, °A common sight in post-mortem rooms was the blackened lungs of town-dwellers, caused by sooty materials in the atmosphere,” and, “It was possible by applying this type of tarry substance to animals to get 100 per cent, of tumours.” I wonder what the miners’ lungs would show in the post-mortem room.—Yours, etc., ULTRA-VIOLET. September 27, 1954.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27466, 28 September 1954, Page 3
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