Deduction, from salaries, of premiums for sick or death benefit funds. Total...... 2,015 1,855 99 5,486 5,118 CHILDREN FOUND IN MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENTS (a) Includes one case in which bail of $100 was forfeited. (b) Includes one case in which grand jury failed to indict. (c) Abated because of death of defendant. (d) Includes two cases in which grand jury failed to indict. (e) Includes two cases which were closed during the year ended September 30, 1913, but not so reported until after the end of the year. (Includes one case in which jail sentence was imposed. Includes three cases in which defendant left jurisdiction of court, and two cases in which grand jury failed to indict. (h) Includes one case in which defendant left jurisdiction of court. (5) Includes bail forfeited to the amount of $200, not itemized above. 4 (4) REPORT OF DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE (A) REPORT OF DIRECTOR Hon. JAMES M. LYNCH, Commissioner of Labor: SIR: I herewith submit report of the Division of Industrial Hygiene for the six months ending September 30, 1914. The Division is an entirely new departure and to New York State belongs the honor of having first established a Division of Industrial Hygiene in connection with enforcement of labor laws. A short history of the development of this organization may properly form a part of this report. In 1907 New York State was the first in the western hemisphere to establish medical inspection of factories directly in connection with the enforcement of labor laws, and one medical inspector of factories was appointed. The result of surveys and work in this connection demonstrated the necessity of having technical experts attached to the Department of Labor, also the necessity of, and means for, pursuing scientific investigations in order to determine the causes of occupational or industrial poisonings and diseases, the cause of industrial accidents, and the means for minimizing or preventing same. Through the courtesy of St. Bartholomew's Clinic, the Department in 1911 was the first to establish a laboratory devoted to scientific work in this direction and with clinical connection where individuals could be studied from a medical standpoint. The research work undertaken by the Department in this connection has been recognized and has done much to awaken interest in the questions of ventilation, lighting and industrial poisonings, the apparatus and methods devised by the attaches of the Department becoming recognized and used in scientific work. In 1912 a mechanical engineer was appointed and special attention was given by him to questions of accident prevention and installation of proper exhaust systems. Where there was failure to comply with the various sections of the Labor Law, at times it became necessary to prosecute. This brought forth the fact that it was necessary for the Department to have experts other than physicians, for industrial hygiene is |