Factories for heating and lighting materials: Gas works, oil refineries, candle making, wax making, etc. Textile factories: Weaving and spinning of silk, sheep's wool, flax, cotton, etc.; bleaching plants, finishing plants, dyeing plants, cotton printing, factories for net goods, embroidery goods, etc. Leather factories: Plants for the manufacture of leather. Paper and pulp factories: Paper mills, paper factories, celluloid factories, pasteboard factories, etc. Factories for leather and paper articles: Paper box factories, factories for making colored paper, wall paper plants, etc. Rubber factories: Factories for making rubber, elastic goods, etc. Sawmills, planing mills, etc.: Sawmills run by steam or water power, manufacture of molding, etc., including frames, manufacture of doors, window sash, etc., furniture factories, etc. Factories for horn, mother-of-pearl, etc.: Button factories, factories for working of horn, mother-of-pearl, vegetable ivory, etc. Breweries and distilleries: Beer breweries, malt factories, alcohol distilleries, other distilleries, vinegar factories, etc. Sugar factories: Sugar making plants, sugar refineries. Tobacco factories: Tobacco factories of all kinds. Factories for food and drink products: The making of coffee substitutes, spices, starch, chocolate, preserved fruits, and other preserved articles, etc. Factories for wearing apparel: Hat factories, fez factories, glove factories, shoe factories, clothing factories, etc. Printing establishments: Book printing, plate printing, lithographing, etc. From the data relating to sickness for the year 1890, certain diseases showed cases numerous enough to be made the subject of special study in connection with selected occupations. In the two tables following for the selected types of diseases and for the selected classes of occupations the number of cases of disability per 100 persons insured, the days of disability per person included in the insurance, and the death rates of the persons insured are shown. The first table shows in summary form the rates for all of the 709,876 persons by causes of disability or death, while the second table gives similar data for specific occupations and groups of occupations. For the specified occupations the number of persons included in the study is given at the top of the column; for instance, in the case of the building trades, 105,989 persons employed in that industry were included in the study of the diseases listed in the table. CASES OF DISABILITY, DAYS OF DISABILITY, AND DEATH RATES AMONG 709,876 MEMBEKS OF SICK FUNDS, 1890, BY CAUSES. [Source: Amtliche Nachrichten betr. Unfall- und Krankenversicherung, 1893.] CASES OF DISABILITY PER 100 MEMBERS, DAYS OF DISABILITY PER MEMBER, AND [Source: Amtliche Nachrichten betr. Unfall- und Krankenversicherung, 1893.] |