Show Daily Health Service One Should Be fired Only Dilly One One Filth Fifth Waking Hours By DR MORRIS EIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Med l scat ical Association and of Hygeia Hela the Health Magazine l Although everyone realizes realises that the who becomes tired may be bea a menace to himself and to those around him because cause of ot the delayed reactions reactions reactions re re- re- re actions and subsequent accidents the study of ot fatigue in industry continues contin contin- ues to be a most difficult and complicated complicated problem No scientific method exists for detecting the onset o of a harmful amount o of fatigue A feeling of ot tiredness may gradually increase to the point of ot danger but the difference difference differ differ- ence between just being tired and being fatigued to the point of danger Is a broad difference If H a person is in fairly good Health he lie should not feel tired for more than one fifth of his total working hours Perhaps one of the thc most important causes of fatigue in Industry is the outside occupation and the using of time outside of the working place for work of a similar or even a n more difficult dif character A great many married women in industry are confronted with this sit sit- They are are concerned not only with the eight hours of ot working during during during dur dur- ing the day but with th the preparation of breakfast for the family and the cleaning of the house before coming to work and with the preparation o of dinner and numerous household duties du duo ties after return from work Such occupations not only bring about add add- ed fatigue but also interfere with the total amount of ot sleep which is equally important Boredom and a feeling o of tiredness may result from a mental or emotional emotion emotion- al attitude toward work but boredom boredom boredom bore bore- dom is not the same as physical fatigue fa fa- a. a tigue Dr V V. M. M a French physician found that a normal amount of activity on the part of women women women wo wo- men in industry stimulated their metabolism and increased their bodily bodily bod bod- ily tone but that brought about fatigue with disturbances of metabolism anemia irritability and digestive disturbances and in the case of many women disturbances of ot their feminine functions The only safe treatment for fatigue and exhaustion is rest Chronic fatigue fatigue fa fa- fa tigue Is shown by a diminished amount of or red coloring matter in the blood a diminished amount of ot red blood cells and a lowered power o of the blood to overcome infectious diseases dis dis- eases These are obviously serious effects and must be guarded a against in every industry I |