Labour Absenteeism
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S. D. S. GREVAL LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, late X.M.S. School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta During the month of November 1947, an accurate observation was made to find out the loss of days by unskilled and skilled labour employed, from medical and non-medical causes. The observation covers all the labour employed by Ludlow Jute Company Limited, operating three mills at Chengail in the district of Howrah. The skilled labour consisted of :?
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