Trends in employee health service : Margaret F. McKiever, editor.

  • United States. Public Health Service. Division of Occupational Health.
Date:
1965]
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    Preface In considering trends in employee health services, this publication looks both backward and forward. ‘The past 100 years have witnessed many changes in industry, in management and labor activities, in leg- islation, and in the public health field of which occupational health is a vital part. The next 100 years will be even more significant. To cover the past and the future adequately, several volumes and much additional research would be required. What has been brought to- gether here 1s only a résumé, which we hope will prove both interesting and useful. A number of other important items have undoubtedly been omitted, through unawareness and not through intent. In 1950, the Division of Industrial Health (now the Division of Occupational Health) published /ndustrial Health and Medical Pro- grams (PHS Publication No. 15).. This reference book contained a chronological review of significant events in the field of occupational health, which has been brought up to date and is presented here in sections 1 and 2. The 100 years covered are those during which occu- pational and otlier employee health services in the United States have developed and grown along with industry. In section 3, the developing concept of employee health is reflected in the statements of physicians, industrial hygienists, and others who directed services and influenced trends throughout the years. Most of these statements were also included in PHS Publication No. 16. The future challenges of employee health services are presented in sections 4 and 5, by means of excerpts from addresses and articles by a prominent Member of Congress and two Surgeons General. These statements outline the magnitude of the task that is ahead. In section 6, tabulations showing trends in employment, employee health, and heaith benefits have been brought together. The effect of all types of illness on industry and its employees, as indicated in this section, is self-evident. The tabulations show that while a great deal has been accomplished, there is more to be done. It seems appro- ill