The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-28
WORK AND HEALTH.

Ill
environment, relations between employer and
II employed-an that makes up life within the in
dustry. For administrative purposes there are
i three divisions in the Working Conditions Ser
lEvice-Division of Industrial Hygiene and Med
II ieine Division of Labor Administration and Di-
H viion of Safety Engineering. Since there in
II operation other agencies with the specialized
Il function of dealing with wages and hours as
| troversal questions between employers and en-
II ployed they will not be dealt with as such by
4 this Service.
Il The proclamation of the President instructing
all government departments dealing with pub
lie health questions to utilize the United States
Public Health Service for that work was step
toward unity of action and purpose in health
| problems. Industrial health is closely related
Il to community health and the general scientific
fprineiples underlying public health problems and
u industrial health problems are Identical How
lever, organization, methods of operation special
I occupational problems in the industrial health
field fundamentally labor problems, affect
ing directly human relationships and human ac-
ltivity The formulation of policies for dealing
with these phases of industrial health belongs
properly to the agencies entrusted with labor
administration. Cooperation between the De-
partment of Labor and the Public Health Service
for dealing with industrial health problems
brings a unified national health policy and ac-
ton, and at the same time renders the policy
and action practical and in accord with needs
and ideals of those most concerned. According
~, the Secretary of Labor at the request of the
Working Conditions Service requested the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to authorize the United
States Public Health Service to detail personnel
to the Division of industrial Hygiene and Med |
icine of the Service. AS result of the agree
ment reached, DIR. A. L. LAMA, Passed Assistant |
Surgeon of the Public Health Service, was de-
tailed to act as Chief, Division of Industrial
Hygiene and Medicine, Working Conditions Ser
vice. Dr. C. D. Selby, Toledo Industrial Medi-
cine.
Various employers are appreciative of the fact
that output in production is directly influenced
by the physical well-being of employees. Pre-
ventive methods and medical assistance materi-
ally assist in reducing the labor turnover and in
keeping employees in physical condition to do
their best work. Accident dangers compar-
atively obvious, but the assistance Of health ex-
perts, sanitarians and industrial physicians is
necessary to discover health hazards Physical
breakdown, diseases not understood by the or
binary physician, readily traceable to occu-
pations when occupational hazards under
Stood 1t has become evident that the profess
sional of industrial medicine must be developed,
that doctors in plants assist workers to pro-
tect their health by preventive far more effect
ually than by remedial methods.
The Division of Industrial Hygiene and Medi- $
cine will direct the formulation of sanitary and
health codes for industries. The direct relation !
between health and efficiency Is not so apparent
as the results of sudden and complete disability
from accidents. But the loss from diseased eff !
cheney and energy among number of workers
extended over long period of time is far great
err than the loss from accidents. Cooperation
with the United States Public Health Service
will make possible extensive research work ne '
:essary to establish fundamental scientific prin-
,iples the basis for proper working conditions.
In addition to the work which the United :
States Public Health Service will perform for the G
Working Conditions Service, it is also authoriz-
ID to do all inspections and investigations into
matters pertaining to the sanitation of plants
engaged in work and into the health of
workers. in such industries, and into the santa
ion and housing conditions surrounding the
ZONES of war workers In addition, the Ord
lance Department of the War Department has OF
delegated responsibility for mechanical safety "
ordnance plants. field of specialists in in 50
ustrial hygiene sanitation, safety and produc- he
ion engineering, technically trained and of lie
road practical experience, has been organized 81