Dust conditions at selected briquetting works in south Wales.

At a conference on coal-workers' pneumoconiosis called in Cardiff in January 1947 by the Minister of Fuel and Power, it was suggested that it might be possible to re-employ men certified as cases of coal-worker's pneumoconiosis in the briquetting industry, in which the Minister anticipated an expansion. The Industrial Pulmonary Disease Committee of the Medical Research Council subsequently discussed the matter. As it is not possible to re-employ men suffering from pneumoconiosis in a very dusty environment, the Committee deemed it necessary, before giving an opinion, to assess the existing dust conditions. The Pneumoconiosis Research Unit was, therefore, asked to make a short investigation.