The Archive · 1941

Needed By Local Factory Workers

The crying need for improved working conditions among 1ccr1 factury workers has never been more rkly pointed out than in the r Cicsl treatise. "Cotton Mill Worket 4 fifth booklet issued by the Chinese Medical Association dealing with the industrial health in China.

The work wes jointly undertaken ey Mr. Lee Wei Yung. B-S.. Ph. D. of the Henry Lester Institute for Bao. M.A. of the Industrial Social Division. S.M.C. In the booklet of nearly 60 pages. the problem is tackled from two angles; the first part of the treatise is devoted to a rey of disease incidence and vironmental conditions and the second yari deals with the physique ard physiological norms of the cotton mill workers.

Diet appears to play a large part in the adverse conditions of the workers. In nearly every disease to which mill workers are susceptible, malnutrition comes in for a great deal of blame. Skin diseases and mechanical injuries are the workers' two biggest banes, and in both- cases poor diet is cited s one of the causes.

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