Show the paradox of modern modem industry indest ry by FREDERICK NV LOUGHRAN M K D medical adlum new state slat insurance fund if wo we were to stop for a moment to consider ilio cost of sickness ablong ilia wago wage earners ear nere of this country doli wo we would be appalled at tho stupendous total there aro are workers in the ilia united states whose average annual loss losa through illness is about nino nine days each this is equal to years each year and as tho the average dally daily wago ago is estimated at 2350 23 50 and tho ilia cost of medical attention at 1 a day tho ibe annual loss of those workers would ho bd over thelast the loss duo due to premature decline or to reduction in productivity the result of continuous operation of industrial health hazards hai ard cannot cannet bo be estimated tho the loss lose to tile worker is not ot the only ono one incurred wo we roust must take fake into consideration the ono one sustained by the employer amounting to about 5 a day or modern industry is ft a paradox it tends to produce disease and mis cry it affords every requisite for the enjoyment of good health it produces food clothing I 1 books shelter tho the means of travel recreation and enjoyment each years increased wealth produced by y industry enabled us its to arm ourselves successfully to fight disease and death it is ia a generally accepted principle of modern modem sanitary science that n largo P mount of sickness in ili industry or otherwise is preventable and diat 1 hat ilia average duration of life iko can io bo materially prolonged by deliberate and nd rational iati onal methods of personal social and industrial hygiene by gione jt it is safe to assume that at least 25 percent T cent of tho ilia badua among workers cn can be ba thus diminishing paiit loss esy days fn an year resulting resul in a saving to tho the wo stef zo 4 plus tho the productivity of making a total economic gain to r lr the nation 1 I 1 y i t r |