INDUSTRIAL DISEASES
Workers’ Compensation Claims Four additional industrial diseases lor (he purposes of the Workers Conipeusa; tion Act are notified in the Moikeis Compensation (Industrial . Order, 1942, gazetted last, night. lhe order also revokes previous orders governing other industrial diseases and incorporates them in a new compreheiisive Order. New diseases notified are: hirst, poisoning by any halogen derivative ot hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series, secondly, poisoning by any snlistaiice used as or in conjunction with a solvent for acetate of cellulose and its sequelae; thirdlv, pa I hologieul manifestations due to X-rays or radium or any other radioactive substance; fourthly, dermatitis or ulceration of tlie skin or ulceration ot the mucous ineinbranee of nose and mouth due to dust, liquids or other external agents present in a specific process or processes of n worker's occupation.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 172, 17 April 1942, Page 3
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135INDUSTRIAL DISEASES Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 172, 17 April 1942, Page 3
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