TIME LOST BY SICKNESS
Every year 30,500,000 weeks’ work is lost in England and Wales owing to illness. This staggering figure is given by Sir George Newnjan, Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health, in his annual report, which was published recently. And it only includes the loss among insured workers, for which sickness or disablement benefit is payable. So the total loss must be much greater.
Sir George gives some hints on keeping fit. Referring to colds and other illnesses contracted by inhalation, lie tells us to “keep at a distance from the breath-spray or shouting-spray, or cough-spray of an infectuous person. A sneezing man is a dangerous man, to eschew like a lepcl. ” The danger of colds, is shown by the fact that in .1927 bronchitis, pneumonia and other respiratory diseases were responsible' for .157 out of every thousand deaths.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6805, 8 January 1929, Page 12
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