[Working conditions and morbidity rate in employers at the South-East railway transport].

In the article there are presented the results of the examination of working conditions atfactories of the South-Eastern Railway, which has lost its effectiveness due to the action of certain laws. The situation on labor conditions was shown to be not entirely safe. There is given an analysis of the morbidity due to the temporary disability and occupational disease rates in foot-plate staff workers. There was made an emphasis on working conditions and morbidity rate in foot-plate staff workers. There is posed a question about the inclusion of essential hypertension in foot-plate staff workers in the list of occupational diseases.

[Essential hypertension as an occupational disease in engine crew members].

The paper raises the question as to whether essential hypertension should be included into a list of occupational diseases (intellectual, sensory, and emotional workloads and working conditions) in engine crew members. In the engine crew members of the South-Eastern Railway, the cases and days lost because of illness and temporary disability are higher than those in the whole railway. 32% of the engine drivers (assistants) are followed up for diagnosed essential hypertension. Hypertension (49.7%) is the main reason for suspending engine crew members from work as evidenced by train pre-trip medical examinations. The working conditions (noise, infrasound, mcroclimate) in train engineer's cabs do not meet the sanitary requirements; in this connection the occupational disease sensorineural hearing loss is also registered.

[Conditions or work and illness rate in organs of internal affairs officials]. / Usloviia truda i zabolevaemost' sotrudnikov organov vnutrennikh del.

The official conditions in those who work of internal affairs bodies are characterized by a very prolonged working day, stresses, a life risk, nocturnal work, tension during the working day in combination with poor working conditions in the official premises and negative behavioral factors (smoking, alcohol, dietary imbalance). In the general morbidity of the officials, respiratory, digestive, and circulatory diseases rank first, second, and third, respectively.

[Use of celluloid in the production of toys]. / O primenenii tselluloida dlia proizvodstva igrushek.

Sanitary and toxicological investigations of migration and toxicity of chemical substances from celluloid were made. It was concluded that celluloid may be used in the manufacture of toys.