The mortality among cotton operatives

Epidemiological Studies of Chronic Respiratory Disease among Cotton Operatives **

I never met Professor Winslow, yet I was well acquainted with his work and had admired his outstanding contribution to public health long before Dr. Payne honored me with an invitation to give this Lecture. My first acquaintance was through his studies of industrial pulmonary disease' which he undertook with Leonard Greenburg over forty years ago. This exemplified Winslow the scientist, making ...

Mortality and disability among cotton mill workers.

The mortality and disability of cotton mill workers were studied in five Finnish cotton mills. The population under study comprised all 1065 women exposed to raw cotton dust who had been hired between 1950 and 1971. The minimum exposure period was five years. For the study on disability, the cohort was followed up until the end of 1981. The follow up period for the mortality analysis was from 1...

Medical Research Council: Investigations on Respiratory Dust Disease in Operatives in the Cotton Industry

Ocular and nasal irritation in operatives in Lancashire cotton and synthetic fibre mills.

OBJECTIVES To document the prevalence of work related ocular (eyeWRI) and nasal (noseWRI) irritation in workers in spinning mills of cotton and synthetic textile fibres and to relate the prevalence of symptoms to atopy, byssinotic symptoms, work history, and measured dust concentrations in the personal breathing zone and work area. METHODS A cross sectional study of 1048 cotton workers and 40...

The Development of Workers'co-operatives

By Dr. A.A. MacDonald, Director Coady International Institute In August 1982, the Coady International Institute sponsored a consultation on the development of workers' co-operatives. Workers' co-operatives were selected primarily because of their potential as instruments of human and institutional development. Moreover, during the past decade, there has been a significant resurgence of workers'...