ABSTRACT
The nineteenth and the twentieth centuries have been characterized by vast improvements in the circumstances associated with home life, and by almost equally great increases in the dangers of home life. In 1713 B. Ramazzini published at Padua De Morbis Artificum, the first work describing some of the chief diseases associated with special occupations. The subject of phthisis in relation to occupation can be further studied in the English Registrar General's Decennial Supplement for 1911-1920, as also the relative healthiness in other respects of a large number of occupations. It is recognised that early treatment of disease already begun offers the best prospect of recovery and that the importance of knowledge of symptoms of early disease and medical consultation needs to be impressed on the general public. This chapter discusses Industrial fatigue of industrial preventive medicine. The earlier movement for shorter hours of work was activated by both humanitarian and hygienic motives.
