Annual report on the health and medical services of the state of Queensland.

  • Queensland. Department of Health.
Date:
[1949]
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Credit: Annual report on the health and medical services of the state of Queensland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 5.—Cases Diagnosed as Silicosis—continued. No. Age. Occupational History. Degree of Disability. Present Activities. Classification According to X-ray. Outlook. 10 65 25 years at least—iron dressing. 18 on port¬ able grinder, 7 on pneumatic chisel Unfit for work Has gone on com¬ pensation Silicosis early Stage II Will make the last years of his life a. burden 11 58 27 years in foundry— the last 19 in a large jobbing and machine moulding shop. 12 years machine mould¬ ing. 10 years mixing facing sand. 5 years on pug mill. Hazard probably in machine moulding. Came from same shop as case 9 Nil. Pug mill hand under reasonable conditions Silicosis Stage I .. Good 12 62 Iron dresser in stove shop on and off for 30 years. Originally in same shop as case 8 Fit for light work Iron dresser. Con¬ ditions not good, but patient re¬ fuses to change Silicosis Stage I . . Moderate. Is ex¬ periencing pain in the chest 13 47 Steel furnaceman 14 years Fit for moderate heavy work Odd jobs in foundry Silicosis Stage I .. Reasonably good Table 6. Length of Trade Exposures by Occupation of Those X-rayed. Period of Work in Foundries. No. X-rayed. Percentage of Total. Moulders. 14-19 years 66 32-6 20-29 years 63 31-2 30-39 years 41 19-8 Over 40 years 33 16-4 203 100 0 Dress ers. 4- 9 years 31 46-3 10—19 years 15 22-4 20-29 years 10 14-9 30—39 years 8 11-9 Over 40 years 3 4-5 67 1000 Moulder s ^ 1 ssistants. 4- 9 years 24 571 10-19 years 11 26-2 20-29 years 5 11-9 30-39 years 2 4-8 Over 40 years 42 1000 Other Iron Workers employed in Foundries. 4- 9 years 14 29-8 10-19 years 13 27-6 20-29 years 7 14-9 30-39 years 11 23-4 Over 40 years 2 4-3 47 1000 Table 7. Age Groups of the Men Examined and X-rayed. Age. Total. Percentage of Total. Up to 20 years 1 •3 21-30 years 44 12-3 31-40 years 113 31-3 41-50 years 88 24-6 51-60 years 86 24-0 Over 60 years 27 7-5 359 100-0 Table 8. Percentage of Eligibility. Occupational Group. Total Foundry Workmen. No. Eligible. Percentage of Total. Moulders 592 216 36-5 All foundry iron¬ workers 526 172 32-6 Total 1,118 388 34-7 Table 9. Percentage of those Eligible who Declined X-RAY. Occupational Group. Total Eligible. No. Declined. Percentage of Total. Moulders 216 13 6 All foundry iron¬ workers 172 16 9-3 Total 388 29 7-4