INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE RESEARCH

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001800490005-4
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 9, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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Problems in connection with industrial hygiene are handled largely by the
Department of Labor and to a lesser degree by the Department of Health.
Work has been hampered by lack of a clear understanding of their responsi-
bilites.
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Another serious handicap is the fact that the Ministry of Commerce and
Industry makes all decisions regarding locations for new industry and
they decide wholly on the population density and ignore climatic conditions.
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Indians are good collectors of data but lack the ability to analyze and
apply information developed.
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the Health Laboratory in Calcutta doing poor work for two reasons.
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First, Dr ) Rao, who is in charge,.will not delegate responsibility
to the younger members of his staff. Secondly, the demand. for trained
people is so great they must spend practically all their time in teaching
and have nothing .eft to study of the country's many problems.
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A program for study of industrial hygiene has been recently organized at
the Ahmedaba ext ee,I trial Research AssociationATIRA] 1 boratory
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While they have never done any research in industrial hygiene, the
laboratory was selected as it is centrally located and can supply some of
the trained help needed.
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Dr Sarabahi's immediate assistants are Mr ( /) Amin and Dr Kamla
Chrowdri, a lady educated at the University of Michigan.
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The work in industrial hygiene will be supervised by a US doctor. The
current program is divided into three parts: r . -i'
a. To study the productivity of men in a variety of textile mills,
doing the same operations, during two hot seasons. Nine mills
will be selected, made up of three each with bad, moderate, and
good working conditions. Four weavers will be selected in each
mill, working on comparable jobs, and their physiological
reactions studied.
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b. To determine the upper limits of tolerance to heat and
humidity in a control chamber where work load, heat,
radiation, and air movement can be controlled. Equipment
will be supplied from foreign aid. This work will be in
charge of Dr )J - ?J Gupta, from the staff of N S
M iker, Department of Labor. He will be assisted by Mr
Senn Gupta, a physiologist from the All India Institute of
Hygiene and Public Health, Calcutta, and. Dr
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c. To survey the actual heat loads in a variety of industries
during two hot seasons. This will cover glass, steel, paper,
aluminum, rubber, mining, and construction. The direct head
is Dr Iyer, an Indian biochemist from the Department
of Labo , atf`` able man with long experience.
Later, a fourth project will be taken up. This will be an attempt to
define more clearly the responsibilities of the Department of Labor and
Health.
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