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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR JAMES J. DAVIS, SECRETARY WOMEN'S BUREAU MARY ANDERSON, Director BULLETIN OF THE WOMEN'S BUREAU, No. 71 SELECTED REFERENCES ON THE HEALTH OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY Compiled by EMILY C. BROWN MARCH, 1929 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1929 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis SELECTED REFERENCES ON THE HEALTH OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY COMPILED MARCH, 1929 GENERAL BRANDEIS, Louis D., and GoLDMARK, JosEPHINE. The case against nightwork for women, revised • . . , 1918. Court of appeals, State of New York, The people of the State of New York, respondent, against Charles Schweinler Press, a corporation, defendant-appellant. A summary of " facts of knowledge" submitted on behalf of the people. New York, National Consumers' League, 1918. 452 pp. COLLIS, EDGAR L., and GREENWOOD, M. The health of the industrial worker. London, J. and A. Churchill, 1921. 450 pp., ch. IX. pp. 211-242. Industrial employment of women. COMMONS, JOHN R., and ANDREWS, JoHN B. Principles of labor legislation. New York, Harper Brothers, 1927. ch. VII, pp. 356- 421. Safety and health. · CuLLis, WINIFRED. The demands of industry upon women from the physiological standpoint. In Muscio, B., Lectures on industrial administration. London, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., 1920. pp. 185-199. DUBLIN, Lours I. The health of the workers. Monthly Labor Review. January, 1925, v. 20: 8-14. FLORENCE, P. SARGANT. Economics of fatigue and unrest. London, George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. New York, Henry Holt & Co., 1924. 426 pp. GELLHORN, GEORGE. Influence of industry on health of women workers. Nation's Health, March, 1925, v. 7: 165-168, 221-222. GoLDMARK, JosEPHINE. Fatigue and efficiency, a study in industry. Containing also substance of four briefs in defense of women's labor laws by Louis D. Brandeis and Josephine Goldmark. New York, Charities Publication Committee, 1912. 890 pp. (Russell Sage Foundation publication.) GREAT BRITAIN. Health of Munition Workers Committee. Final report on industrial health and efficiency. 1918. Reprint by U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin No. 249. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1919. 374 pp. · ---War Cabinet Committee on Women in I ndustry. Women in industry. London, H. M. Stationery Office, 1919. v. 1. pp. 218-253. The health of women in industry. HAMILTON, ALICE. Industrial poisons in the United States. New York, Macmillan Co., 1925. 590 pp. - -- Women workers and industrial poisons. U. S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, Bulletin No. 57. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1926. 5 pp. HAYHURST, E. R., and KINDEL, D. J. Occupational diseases reported to the Ohio State Department of Health for the 5-year period ending June 30, 1925. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, April, 1926, v. 8: 143-164. ILLINOIS (STATE) INDUSTRIAL SURVEY. Hours and health of women workers. Springfield, State Printers, December, 1918. 120 pp. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE. Occupation and health, encyclopedia of hygiene, pathology and social welfare, studied from the point of view of labor, industries, and tradea. Geneva, 1925 ff. (Brochures on specific hazards.) 44243°-29 3 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 4 REFERENCES ON HEALTH OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY KOBER, GEORGE M., and HAYHURST, EMERY R. Industrial health. Philadelphia, P. Blackiston's Son & Co., 1924. 1184 pp. pp. 1028-1043, Women wage earners, by Irene Osgood Andrews. (See also index under Women.) SEIPPEL, CLARA p. , Medical aspect of women's ills in industry. Monthly Labor Review, November, 1921, v. 13: 945- 950. SPAETH, R. A. Health standards for women in industry. In proceedings of the Women's Industrial Conference, 1923. United States Women's Bureau, Bulletin No. 33. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1923. pp. 52-59. UNITED STATES. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bulletin No. 458. Health and recreation activities in industrial establishments, 1926. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1928. 94 pp. -· - - - - - Women's Bureau. Bulletins. Washington, Government Printing Office . . No. 14. A physiological basis for the shorter working day for women. By George K. Webster. February, 1921. 20 pp. - - - - - - - - - Bulletin No. 18. Health problems of women in industry. 1921. 11 pp. - - - - - - - - - Bulletin No. 36. Radio talks on women in industry, 1924. pp. 25-28, Health and hygiene for women at work. pp. 29-31, Posture and seating. - - - - - - - - - - Bulletin No. 64. The employment of women at night. 1928. 86 pp. - - - - - - - - - Bulletins on women in industry in various States. - - - Public Health Service. Public Health Reports. Washington, Government Printing Office. Reprint No. 1060. Sickness among industrial employees. January 22, 1926. 20 pp. - - - - - - Public Health Bulletin No. 165. Economic status and health. A review and study of the relevant morbidity and mortality data. September, 1926. 74 pp. VERNON, H. M. Industrial fatigue and efficiency. London, George Routledge and Sons. New York, E. P. Dutton and Co., 1921. 264 pp. ch. 8, pp. 141-160. Lost time and its causation. ch. 9, pp. 161-178. Sickness and mortality. STUDIES OF SPECIAL IND USTRIES AND PROBLEMS Accidents. UNITED STATES. Department of Labor. Women's Bureau. Bulletin No. 60. Industrial accidents to women in New Jersey, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Washington, Government Printing Office. 1927. 316 pp. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. Special Bulletin No. 127. Some social and economic effects of work accidents to women. A study of 500 women compensated for permanent partial injuries. Prepared by Bureau of Women in Industry. Albany, November, 1924. 67 pp. Atmospheric cond;tions. BEDFORD, T. Some effects of atmospheric conditions on the industrial worker. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, December, 1928, v. 10: 364-90. UNITED STATES. Public Health Service. Public Health Reports. Reprint No. 1150. Review of literature on the physiological effects of abnormal temperatures and humidities. Washington, Government Printing Office, April 8, 1927. 63. pp. Benzol. HAMILTON, ALICE. The lessening menace of benzol poisoning in American industry. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, September, 1928, v. 10: 227-233. NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL. Chemical section, committee on industrial poisons. Final report on benzol. National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, 1926. 128 pp. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis REFERENCES ON HEALTH OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY 5 Benzol-Continued. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTM ENT OF LABOR. Special Bulletin No. 150. Chronic benzol poisoning among women industrial workers. Prepared by Bureau of Women in Industry. Albany, February, 1927. 64 pp. · UNITED STATES. Public Health Service. Public Health Reports. Reprint No. 1096. Benzol poisoning as an industrial hazard. Washington, Government Printing Office, July, 1926. 63 pp. Candy. CONSUMERS' LEAGUE OF NEW YORK. Behind the scenes in candy factories. 1928. pp. 46-51. New York, Consumers' League, NEW YORK STATE DEP ARTMEN T OF LABOR. Analysis of the medical records of a candy factory. Bureau of Women in Industry. 1926. 7 pp. Prepared by Canning. Department of Labor. Women's Bureau. Bulletin No. 47. Women in the fruit-growing and canning industries in the State of Washington. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1926. Part XIV. pp. 185-191. Industrial accidents and diseases. Cigar workers. MILLER, T. G. A sociologic and medical study of 400 cigar workers in Philadelphia. American Journal of the Medical Sciences, February, 1918, v. 155: 157-175. Cosmetic factories. UNITED STATES. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. An analysis of the m edical records of three cosmetic factories. Industrial Bulletin, August, 1928, v. 7: 351-353. - - - An analysis of the medical records of a cosmetic factory according to departments. Industrial Bulletin, October, 1928, v. 8: 419-421. Eyestrain. GREAT BRITAIN. Industrial Fatigue Research Board. Report No. 49. On the relief of eyestrain among persons performing very fine work. London.. H. M. Stationery Office, 1928. 25 pp. Fur and felt workers. HAMILTON, ALICE. The industrial hygiene of fur cutting and felt hat manufacture. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, August, 1922, v. 4: 137- 153. - - - Industrial diseases of fur cutters and hatters. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, September, 1922, v. 4: 219- 234. NEw YoRK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. Health of women in the hatters' furriers' trade. Industrial Bulletin, June, 1927. v. 6. pp. 266-267. Garment workers. UNITED STATES. Public Health Service. Public Health Bulletin No. 71. The health of garment workers. Washington, Government Printing Office, May, 1915. 224 pp. - - - - - - Public Health Reports. Reprint No. 341. The health of garment workers, the relation of economic status to health. Washington, Government Printing Office, May 26, 1916. l 0 pp. Gasoline fumes. UNITED STATES. Public Health Service. Public Health Reports. Reprint No. 786. The effect of gasoline fumes on dispensary attendance and output in a group of workers. Washington, Government Printing Office, September 22, 1922. 17 pp. Laundries. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. Special Bulletin No. 130. A study of hygienic conditions in steam laundries and their effect upon the health of workers. Prepared by Division of Industrial Hygiene. Albany, 1924. 110 pp. - - - Hygienic instructions for laundry girls. Industrial Hygiene Bulletin, September 1927, v. 4. p. 12. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 6 REFERENCES ON HEALTH OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY Lead poisoning. Hamilton, Alice. Women in the lead industries. United States Bureau of Labor Stati1tics. Bulletin No. 253. Washington, Government Printing Offic'e, February, 1919. 38 pp. - - - The prevalence of industrial lead poisoning in the United States. In Medicine Monographs. v. 7. Lead poisoning, by Joseph C. Aub, and others. Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins Co., 1926. pp. 232-240. United States. Public Health Service. Public Health Bulletin ·No. 116. Lead poisoning in the pottery trades. Washington, Government Printing Office, May, 1921. 223 pp. Millinery. NEW YoRK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Conditions affecting health in the millinery industry. Monthly Bulletin, April, 1920, v. 10: 81-97. Menstruation. GREAT BRITAIN. Industrial Fatigue Research Board. Report No. 45. Two contributions to the experimental study of the menstrual cycle. I. Its influence on mental and muscular efficiency. II. Its relation to general functional activity. London, H. M. Stationery Office, 1928. 68 pp. STURGIS, M. C. Observations on dysmenorrhea occurring in women employed in a large department store. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, June, 1923, v. 5: 53-56. Pearl buttons. BIRGE, E. G., and HAVENS, L. C. Health hazards in the pearl button industry. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, July, 1920, v. 2: 81-89. Phosphorus necrosis. WARD, EMMA F. Phosphorus necrosis in the manufacture of fireworks and in the preparation of phosphorus. United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bulletin No. 405. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1926. 44 pp. - - - Phosphorus necrosis in the manufacture of fireworks. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, November, 1928, v. 10: 314-330. Posture. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. Special bulletin No. 141. First principles of industrial posture and seating. Prepared by Bureau of Women in Industry. Albany, January, 1926. 13 pp. UNITED STATES. Public Health Service. Public Health Reports. Reprint No. 1156. A resume with comments of the available literature relating to posture. Washington, Government Printing Office, May 6, 1927. 30 pp. Pregnancy. McCORD, C. P., and MINSTER, D. K. The pregnant woman in industry. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, June, 1921, v. 3: 39-50. Printing and bookbinding. UNITED STATES. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. . Bulletins. Washington, Government Printing Office. No. 427. Health survey of the printing trades, 1922-1925. By F. L. Hoffman. March, 1927. 149 pp. - - - - - - - - - Bulletin No. 392. Survey of hygienic conditions in the printing trades. By S. Kjaer. September, 1925. 229 pp. Public utilities. UNITED. STATES. Public Health Service. Public Health Reports. Washington, Government Printing Office. Reprint No. 1142. A ten-year record of absences from work on account of sickness and accidents (Edison Company of Boston). February 25, 1927. 22 pp. - - - - - - - - - Reprint No. 1207. Sickness among persons in different occupations. February 10, 1928. 22 pp. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis REFERENCES ON HEALTH OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY 7 Public utilities-Continued. UNITED STATES. Public Health Service. Public Health Reports. Reprint No. 1239. Trend of disabling sickness among· employees of a public utility. July 27, 1928. 27. pp. Radium. UNITED STATES. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Effects of use of radioactive substances on the health of workers. Monthly Labor Review, May, 1926, v. 22: 958- 971. Respiratory disease. HUTTON, R. M. Some queries about respiratory disease in industry. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, November, 1928, v. 10: 297- 304. NEW Y ORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR . Women in dusty trades. Industrial Hygiene Bulletin, April, 1926. pp. 37- 38. UNITED STATES. Public Health Service. Public Health Reports. Washington, Government Printing Office. R eprint No. 990. Dust inhalation and its relation to industrial tuber. culosis. February 13, 1925. 19 pp. - - - - - - Reprint No. 1214. Importance of respiratory diseases as a cause of disability among industrial workers. March 16, 1928. 8 pp. Rest pauses. GREAT BRITAIN. Industrial Fatigue Research Board. Reports. London, H. M . Stationery Office. No. 42. Rest pauses in industry. A review of the results obtained. 1927. 21 pp. - - - - - - Report No. 47. Two studies on hours of work. 1928, 30 pp . 1. pp. 1- 16. Five-hour spells for women with reference to rest pauses. Rubber. QUINBY, R . S. Health hazards in the rubber industry. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, March, 1926, v. 8: 103- 112. UNITED STATES. Public Health Service. Public Health Reports. Reprint No. 804. Disabling sickness among employees of a rubber manufacturing establishment in HH8, 1919, and 1920. Washington, Government Printing Office, December 15, 1922. 12 pp. Spray painting. NATIONAL SAFETY CouNCIL. Chemical section, spray coating committee. Final report. Chicago, September, 1927. 53 pp. SMYTH, H.F., and H.F. Jr. Spray painting hazards as determined by the Pennsylvania and the Nat ional Safety Council surveys. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, June, 1928, v. 10: 163- 214. Telephone operating. RICHARDSON, A.G. Telephone operating: A study of its medical aspects with statistics of sickness disability reports. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, May, 1919, v. 1: 54-67. Textiles. DEARDEN, w. F. H ealth hazards in the cotton industry. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, September, October, November, 1927, v. 9: 371- 401; 453- 472; 488- 502. GREAT BRITAIN. Industrial Fatigue R esearch Board. Report No. 48. Artificial humidification in the cotton-weaving industry. Its effect upon the sickness rate of weaving operatives. London, H. M. Stationery Office, 1927. 73 pp. MIDDLETON, E. L. Weavers' cough. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, October, 1926, v. 8: 428-435. - -- Dust in cotton card rooms. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, October, 1926, v . 8 : 436- 448. . - -- T he presence of mineral oil in the a t m osphere of cott on spinning rooms. Journal of Indust rial Hygiene, October, 1926, v. 8: 449-451. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 8 REFERENCES ON HEALTH OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY · Textiles-Continued. Department of Labor. Women's Bureau. Report No. · 52. Lost time and labor turnover in cotton mills. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1926, pp. 67-71. Illness as cause of lost time. - - - Public Health Service. Studies of sickness in seven cotton-mill villages of South Carolina. Public Health Reports. Washington, Government Printing Office. Reprint No. 492. Disabling sickness among population of . . . in relation to family income. November 22, 1918. 16 pp. - - - - - - Reprint No. 601. Pellagra incidence in relation to sex, age,. season, occupation, and disabling sickness . . . during 1916. July 9, 1920. 15 pp. - - - - - - Reprint No. 621. A study of the relation of family incomeand other economic factors to pellagra incidence . . . in 1916. November 12, 1920. 44 pp. - - - - - - Reprint No. 929. Disabling sickness . . . 1917. June 13, 1924. 27 pp. - - - - - - Reprint No. 938. Disabling sickness . • . 1918. July 18t 1924. 16 pp. Weight lifting. GREAT BRITAIN. Industrial Fatigue Research Board. Report No. 44. The physique of women in industry. A contribution toward the determination of the optimum load. London, H. M. Stationery Office, 1927. 137 pp. UNITED STATES. ADDITION,\L COPIES OJ' THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROK THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS U.8.GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT li CENTS PER COPY V https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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