Item #17565 WWII Pamphlet on the Health of Female Factory Workers. Health Women at Work.
WWII Pamphlet on the Health of Female Factory Workers

WWII Pamphlet on the Health of Female Factory Workers

Pamphlet

Why is She Away? The Problem of Sickness Among Women in Industry. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1945. 21 pages. 8.25" x 5.25" inches. This pamphlet produced by the Industrial Health Research Board of the Medical Research Council is part of a series "Conditions for Industrial Health and Efficiency." This report was produced in an era of high intensity industrial production, where women were working at breakneck speeds in the munitions factories to keep the Allied war effort well supplied. As a result, many fell ill to colds and influenza, but also to "nervous" illnesses, fatigue, and despair. The report states: "A knowledge of health in wartime has more than a temporary usefulness. In many respects wartime conditions intensify problems which exist in peacetime industry, but any measures which prevent or remedy illness during war will probably also be effective during peace." The report examines shift schedules as a factor that can cause a ripple effect of consequences; for example, a woman suddenly required to work nights that cannot do her "homemaking" or mothering duties due to daytime exhaustion. Additionally, "personal worries", such as a husband in a POW camp, were cited as factors that could bring a woman to illness. The pamphlet includes a summary of findings and a page length conclusion on verso. In very good condition.

Item #17565

Price: $185.00