Fatigue of Workers: Its Relation to Industrial Production

Present day events emphasize the importance of maximum production in industry. This monograph is concerned with some of the factors responsible for fatigue in industrial workers. Although it was written before the outbreak of the war, it is nonetheless up to date. The last decade has witnessed a rapidly accumulating literature and interest in this nationally important problem. The material is presented in a rather interesting manner representing "the testimony" presented before the committee. Testimony in this sense implies a report to the committee and by members of the committee of the accumulated knowledge on certain phases of this subject. The monograph has value because it indicates in broad terms the complexities of industrial fatigue. It gives special emphasis to some of the physical, psychologic and sociological factors. Of importance to the medical profession is the summary by Dill of the effect of heat and high altitude. Dill's investigations were