BROKEN HILL
REPORT OF COMMISSION.
ON HEALTH OF MINERS
.By"'Electric Teleemph.—Copyright. Australian and. N.Z. Cablo" Assn. -'.'.. • SYDNEY, July 13. An interim' Broken Hill report on miners' diseases recommends compensation and assistance .for tubercular workers, and states that the majority ..of-"the Broken Hill miners show no -•igns of dust in. the respiratory org?ns. The-report expresses the (.-pinion that ■in'rang can-.be continued with complete >--afety so far, as injury to the lungs is concerned; .''■•."..'
Th e Broken Hill Commission rvecomme'nds that in future all. persons seeking employment in the mi.ne.Sv should be ■medically examined, none suffering from tiib'ercu' osis ■■'.; or. . all ied diseases should be allowed to work either 'under-" ground or on the surface, and all v ork"rs should be examined. ■With thesp. precautious the v-arker's safety would be assured. .■' The Commission also examined a Tvumber.- of cases of susne'eted lead poisoning. Of 77 "■examined, it. was found that■'. about 50. per cent. were : affected: by disease, but a f.'nnn'ete investigation could not be undertaken. The investigation hookworm failed to discover a single case. . *
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Timaru Herald, Issue 170269, 14 July 1920, Page 7
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