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The Cause of Lead Poisoning in the Tinning of Metals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

G. Elmhirst Duckering
G. Elmhirst Duckering
Affiliation:
H. M. Inspector of Factories
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In 1901 Miss Anderson (H.M. Principal Lady Inspector of Factories) and Dr Legge (H.M. Medical Inspector Factories) were instructed by H.M. Chief Inspector of Factories to investigate the conditions of labour in the Tinning of metals and metal articles with a view to the preparation of regulations for the conduct of this industry. Difficulties having arisen in assigning a cause for the plumbism undoubtedly existing among workers, and preparation of regulations appearing impossible without some knowledge of the source of illness, the writer was instructed to assist them experimentally in determining the causes.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , September 1908 , pp. 474 - 503
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1908

References

page 474 note 1 Tinning of Metals. Special report on dangerous or injurious processes in the coating of metal with lead or a mixture of lead and tin. By Miss A. M. Anderson (H. M. Principal Lady Inspector of Factories) and T. M. Legge, M.D. (H.M. Medical Inspector of Factories). Together with a report on an experimental investigation into the conditions of work in tinning workshops by G. Elmhirst Duckering (one of H.M. Inspectors of Factories). Cd 3793. Price 1/-. Wyman and Sons, Ltd., Fetter Lane, E.C.

page 476 note 1 Loc. cit. p. 1.Google Scholar

page 477 note 1 Loc. cit. p. 1.Google Scholar

page 478 note 1 Loc. cit. p. 1.Google Scholar

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page 481 note 1 Hygiene and Public Health, by Parkes and Kenwood, p. 211.Google Scholar

page 482 note 1 In this experiment the air before passing through the liquid in the absorption apparatus was drawn through 3 inches of closely packed glass wool.

page 491 note 1 In this experiment the air before passing into the absorption apparatus was drawn through three inches of closely packed glass wool.

page 499 note 1 Tinning workshop A is that in which the experiments were carried out.