SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 265 



The Directors of the National Tuberculosis Association having completed 

 an investigation of the mortality from tuberculosis in the granite industry under 

 the auspices of a special committee, after which an x-ray and physical examina- 

 tion was made of more than 400 men in the city of Barre, Vermont, hereby 

 make the following resolutions: 



WHEREAS, It has been demonstrated by the death certificates of men 

 employed for varying periods, ranging from ten to forty years in the trade of 

 granite stone cutting, that an unusually high and increasing death rate from 

 pulmonary tuberculosis prevails, 



(2) That this occurs in men of good physique and previous good health who 

 usually undergo heavy work with ease. 



(3) That the repeated inhalation of fine dust resulting from the cutting of 

 granite, especially since the introduction of pneumatic tools, induces in the 

 large majority of men so employed a condition known as silicosis, due to 

 deposits of this dust in the lungs which predisposes them to tuberculosis and 

 aggravates any existing disease of the lungs. 



(4) That by means of an x-ray and physical examination of the chest these 

 diseases can be recognized in an early stage, be it 



Resolved, That this Association urges: 



(1) The adoption of more efficient methods of removing the fine dust, the iso- 

 lation of the most dusty operations so far as may be practicable and of general 

 sanitary measures to prevent infection in the sheds. 



(2) The introduction of a system of periodic physical examinations by 

 trained physicians selected for this duty; also that obligatory x-ray examina- 

 tions by skilled technicians shall be required at the same time for all men enter- 

 ing the trade and while engaged therein. 



At a meeting of the board of directors on Wednesday, June 15, 

 the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Dr. James 

 Alexander Miller, New York, president; Hon. Warren G. Hard- 

 ing, District of Columbia, honorary vice-president; Col. George 

 E. Bushnell, Massachusetts, honorary vice-president; Dr. 

 Lawrason Brown, New York, vice-president; Dr. Ralph Matson, 

 Oregon, vice-president; Dr. George M. Kober, District of 

 Columbia, secretary; Mr. Henry B. Platt, New York, treasurer. 



The following directors, in addition to the president, the vice- 

 president, the secretary, and the treasurer, ex-officio, were elected 

 to serve on the executive committee for the ensuing year: Dr. 

 William Charles White, Pennsylvania; Dr. Kennon Dunham, 

 Ohio; Dr. Alfred Henry, Indiana; Dr. W. L. Dunn, North 

 Carolina; Homer Folks, New York; Dr. David R. Lyman, Con- 

 necticut, Sherman C. Kingsley, Pennsylvania. 



