Show I DAILY HEALTH HEALTH I SERVICE SE i I BRITAIN FINDS DS STUDY OF O t l i i WORK HOURS VALUABLE 0 I dit ure l of the the American Medi Medical al Association and of Hygeia the Health Magazine During the World the V war the nieces- nieces city for speeding for up output many In many industries resulted resulted in the establishment establish ment mentIn In hr Great Britain of was known knoT as as the health of ot mutton workers workers' committee o valuable were the lions made that this w was s later put late into a permanent board knOwn wn as a's ashe the he In Industrial fatigue r res research arch board Rec Records r s of of ot output ar are kept In n industries also records of ot labor turnover and of ot lost time whether ther due t to sickness sickness' ness ness' or or accidents Dr Edgar L. L Gollis coms professor of preventive medicine lne in Cardiff Wales Vales Indicates some re ommen- ommen for workers th that that- t were evolved by by these these- Investigations The more the worker sets the pace pace rather rither than a machI machine e and the gr greater grater ter Is the ph physical effort in involved in- in voWed the greater is the benefit to the toe output of ot reducing the tho excessively ex ex- ex- ex jlong hours No Not only does the rate of o output Jn Iner Increase aso with shorter hours but bute th the e total tot l output for the fewer hours hours' work worked d under these circumstances circum stances stance Is greater than for longer hours It was found that Workers workers f tend teni Y unconsciously Id to put about t the e same tame amount of or energy each day into th their lr Work york they can concentrate concentrate concen concen- It In a short period or spread it ft out over over a along long period Energy is In spent in ini two ways either by actual effort or 01 merely b by sitting or st standing around It t was also fou found d that rest pi pauses ses o during ring conf continued labor are of great value In permitting more morer r rapid ld and ald and more accurate accurate- work U Under dei w circumstances the Um time for for- forand and the length of ot rest p pauses us s must be be different The output o tP Jt should be watched from h hour to to hour hour- r and the r rest st pauses i 1 should be Interpolated at atthe atthe the time when the output begins begIns' to fall away from its usual level Another feature of the work has has' been to adapt people particularly lary t to their work acc according to activity and industrial efficiency Deafness s may be an asset t to a In in in a noisy oIsy office A one handed man is exposed exposed ex ex- ex- ex posed to less risk thana aman two two- han hands s worl working on a a. hand hand- t seeding feeding e power power- rn machine hine I lie l has half halt the the chance chance of or getting one of ot hi his hll hands cut and the work can be done don b by a 0 one handed min man nn |