﻿Work 
  Measured 
  by 
  the 
  Discharge 
  of 
  Carbon 
  Dioxide. 
  185 
  

  

  employed 
  industrial 
  woman," 
  with 
  a 
  body, 
  surface 
  of 
  1*6 
  square 
  metres, 
  

   requires 
  nearly 
  as 
  much 
  food-energy 
  — 
  3805 
  Kalories 
  — 
  as 
  does 
  our 
  dock 
  

   labourer 
  during 
  hard 
  work, 
  viz., 
  3918 
  Kalories. 
  

  

  The 
  expression 
  " 
  work 
  quota 
  " 
  might 
  be 
  understood 
  to 
  imply 
  that 
  the 
  basal 
  

   metabolism 
  has 
  been 
  subtracted 
  from 
  the 
  previous 
  figures 
  per 
  metre, 
  but, 
  as 
  

   stated 
  on 
  a 
  previous 
  page, 
  the 
  basal 
  metabolism 
  of 
  the 
  subjects 
  was 
  not 
  

   measured. 
  The 
  gross 
  values 
  100, 
  125, 
  160, 
  180 
  have, 
  therefore, 
  to 
  be 
  reduced 
  

   by, 
  say, 
  64 
  to 
  give 
  net 
  results 
  for 
  comparison 
  with 
  our 
  other 
  data, 
  viz., 
  34, 
  59, 
  

   96, 
  116. 
  

  

  With 
  these 
  modifications, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   reducing 
  the 
  figures 
  to 
  a 
  common 
  denomination, 
  the 
  various 
  sets 
  of 
  values 
  

   presented 
  to 
  the 
  Committee 
  may 
  be 
  briefly 
  set 
  out 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  J^%W™ 
  

  

  Net 
  Kalories 
  per 
  square 
  metre 
  per 
  hour. 
  ( 
  

  

  \ 
  n 
  .... 
  

  

  Pood 
  (War) 
  Committee 
  

   of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society. 
  

  

  Rosenheim. 
  

  

  Greenwood, 
  Hodson, 
  

   and 
  Tebb. 
  

  

  \^JJce 
  LA 
  

  

  Waller 
  and 
  

   de 
  Decker. 
  

  

  Sedentary 
  ... 
  under 
  26 
  

   Light 
  work 
  ... 
  26 
  to 
  50 
  

   Moderate 
  work 
  50 
  to 
  78 
  

   Heavy 
  work 
  78 
  to 
  142 
  

  

  Light 
  work 
  ... 
  23-6 
  

   Moderate 
  work 
  36 
  '4 
  

   Hard 
  work 
  ... 
  60 
  -4 
  

  

  — 
  — 
  (gross) 
  

   Group 
  1 
  34 
  (100) 
  

   „ 
  2 
  59 
  (125) 
  

   „ 
  3 
  96 
  (160) 
  

   „ 
  4 
  116 
  (180) 
  

  

  Heavy 
  work 
  ... 
  100 
  

   Do. 
  piecework 
  175 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  this 
  interim 
  Keport, 
  I 
  desire 
  to 
  thank 
  the 
  Port 
  of 
  London 
  

   Authority 
  for 
  the 
  liberal 
  way 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  placed 
  its 
  organisation 
  at 
  my 
  

   disposal 
  and 
  enabled 
  the 
  work 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  out 
  with, 
  I 
  hope, 
  the 
  least 
  possible 
  

   interference 
  with 
  the 
  workman's 
  job. 
  Adequate 
  laboratory 
  space 
  has 
  been 
  

   placed 
  at 
  my 
  disposal, 
  and 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  the 
  officials 
  and 
  labourers 
  with 
  

   whom 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  in 
  contact 
  has 
  made 
  my 
  task 
  most 
  agreeable. 
  

  

  I 
  wish 
  also 
  to 
  acknowledge 
  the 
  zeal, 
  tact, 
  and 
  efficiency 
  with 
  which 
  my 
  

   assistant, 
  Miss 
  G. 
  de 
  Decker, 
  has 
  carried 
  out 
  the 
  observations 
  ; 
  they 
  could 
  

   not 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  at 
  all 
  without 
  such 
  assistance, 
  which 
  has 
  assumed 
  more 
  

   and 
  more 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  an 
  independent 
  enquiry, 
  conducted 
  and 
  reported 
  on 
  

   by 
  herself 
  alone. 
  This 
  acknowledgment 
  applies 
  in 
  fullest 
  measure 
  to 
  the 
  

   observations 
  (Part 
  II) 
  of 
  day-work 
  and 
  night-work 
  carried 
  out 
  by 
  Miss 
  de 
  

   Decker 
  upon 
  cold 
  storage 
  labourers. 
  

  

  vol. 
  xci. 
  — 
  B. 
  

  

  Q 
  

  

  