CUTANEOUS ERUPTIONS AMONG INDUSTRIAL WORKERS

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Note.— This article and the four which follow were read before the American Dermatological Association in a symposium on industrial dermatoses. Dermatologists have always been cognizant of the deleterious effect of occupational exposure on the skin. Since the passage of the Massachusetts Workmen's Compensation Act, in 1912, however, industry in that state has itself encouraged physicians to take concerted action in the study of these effects. As additional states include occupational dermatosis in their legislation for compensation, interest in this field rapidly increases. It is the purpose of this paper to present the outstanding factors and conclusions indicated by a study of 2,000 cases of cutaneous disease arising in industry observed by me during the last six years, with special emphasis on those determined to be of occupational origin and therefore compensable under the Massachusetts law. Distribution of occupational disease by industries will then be summarized, and in

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