396 BIOLOGY AND HUMAN LIFE 



Prevention 



Removal of dangerous conditions 



Better management 



Education of workers 

 Q. First aid in industries 

 Appliances 

 Nurse 

 Doctor 

 Infirmary etc. 



10. Women and children in industry 



Women and children have always worked 

 Why there is a problem today 



Work in factories has increased 



Suitable work in homes has diminished 

 Danger to education of children 

 Neglect of home 

 Deterioration of people 

 Reasons for government protection 



Of children ; of mothers ; of all women 



11. Occupational diseases 



Effects of division of labor 



Simplifying individual work 



Emphasizing specialized activity 



Enforcing unbalanced development 

 Physical ; mental 

 Special risks in particular occupations 

 Preventive and counterbalancing safeguards 



QUESTIONS 



1. What industries or businesses in your community give rise to 

 much smoke ? dust ? disagreeable odors ? fumes ? 



2. What regulations . protect the public from these nuisances and 

 dangers ? What regulations protect the workers ? 



3. What occupations require night work? Why? 



4. What regulations are there regarding hours of work ? 



5. What are the advantages of standardized work hours ? What are 

 the disadvantages? 



6. What is there to show that increasing the hours of work is unde- 

 sirable ? that reducing hours is undesirable ? 



