APPENDIX II TABLE OF REPORTED CASES OF INDUSTRIAL POISONING AND ANTHRAX (SECTION 73 OF THE FACTORY ACT, 1901).
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(Small figures at right-hand corner of larger figures indicate fatal cases, included in totals).
1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 Average 1912–14 Average 1909–11 Average 1906–08 Average 1903–05 1900
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
Lead Poisoning[260] 19421 362 22220 213 18726 20 12411 20 27219 452 31820 301 35621 25 46832 551 51232 633 52428 952 50122 1001 88433 1745
Tinning of metals 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 10 1 13 4 10 8 9 4 2 3
White lead 131 17 10 15 2 161 2 36 4 241 3 341 2 833 3 1001 51 3255 531
China and earthenware 219 132 1611 82 138 8 51 6 85 72 156 81 135 13 3310 231 384 383 526 572 393 56 954 1054
Litho-transfers 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 2 7 3
Vitreous enamelling 7 1 1 1 1 1 5 51 8 12 1 5 1 1 2 8 3
Coach painting[261] 141 6 12 1 103 1 123 202 1 33 395 704 1 896 744 1 604 705
Paints used in other industries 12 71 3 73 2 12 3 171 3 18 2 162 422 4 451 4 392 5 362 4 505
Other industries 202 10[262] 322 241 1 191 4 574 19[263] 503 11 471 7 632 14[264] 563 8 573 10[265] 421 12 684 18
Mercury Poisoning 4 1 5 2 8 1 6 11 11 7 6 13 1 10 5 2 6 7 2
Phosphorus Poisoning 1 3 3 2 31 1 1 11 1 2
Arsenic Poisoning 1 3 4 31 05 3 4 5 2 111 1 4 153 7
Anthrax 215 41 4210 61 466 113 465 263 7111 221 7714 282 457 5 506 7 489 92 4411 133 4311 92 285 92
Toxic Jaundice 11 63 22 11 72 278 452 14542 8423 12234
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