THE increafiing impoi'tance tliat is beiug attached to the iiiduwtrial setiology of disease is reflected in the increasing number of occupational diseases that are being made notifiable to the Home Office Ijy successive orders of the Secretary of Stiite for Home Affairs.The latest to be i.ssued under Section 73 of tlie Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, is dated November 28th, 1919, and brings " epithelioinatous nlceration due to tar " within its }»rovisiuns as from January l.--t uf this year :In pursuance of Sub-section 4 of Section 73 of tlie Factory ami Wotlcsliop Act, ]901, I hereby apply the provisiojis of the said section to all cases of-((.()epithehoinatuus ifJceration due to tar, pitch, bitumen, mhieral oil or paraffin, or any compound, product or residue of any of these substances, and (/;) chrome uheratioti, that is, nlt'eration due to chromic ucid or bichromate of potassium, sodium or amumiiiiun or any preparatiou uf tliese substancesoccurring in a factory or work.sliop.This Order shall come into furce on tbe 1st day of Jauuary, 19'20.E. SHORTT,
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