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On the causes of exhaustion of workers and clerks
Kazimir Modrić
; Glavna uprava za socijalno osiguranje Zagreb
Sažetak
The author studied and analysed the causes or invalidity in 3147 insured of whom there were 2263 workers and 884 employees or else 2326 men and 821 women. The average age was 52,2 years: it is the highest in male workers (54) and lowest in female employees. The average age of the men was 53,6 and of the women 48,2. The low mean age of female leaching personnel (43,6) was particularly noteworthy. Among the causes of invalidity the diseases or the cardiovascular system occupied the first place with 40,96% of cases. Arteriosclerotic changes in blood vessels and miocardiopathies prevailed while other diseases of the cardiovascular system covered only 7,22%. The second place was occupied by respiratory diseases with 15,82% of cases - almost exclusively enlargement of the Jung with bronchocatarrhal symptoms. These diseases are much more frequent in workers than in employees and they can be considered typical workers' diseases. The diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system (10,67%) occupied the third place. Contrary to what has been observed in respiratory diseases, they were twice as frequent among employees than among workmen and their incidence corresponded to A. Trsk's percentage for American employees. Tuberculosis came fourth with 9,50%. It was, however, the main cause of early invalidity. The order of sequence of other diseases was as follows: rheumatism (5,62%). asthenic ( 4,06%), diseases of the eye (3,36%), diseases of the digestive tract (2,79%) etc. The author analyses carefully each group and compares them with one another. He also puts forward measures for the prevention of early invalidity.
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Hrčak ID:
187789
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Datum izdavanja:
19.3.1952.
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