+----------------------------------+-----+-----+ | Industry. |1911.|1910.| +----------------------------------+-----+-----+ |LEAD POISONING |669³⁷|505³⁸| | Smelting of metals | 48³ | 34⁵ | | Brass works | 9¹ | 7 | | Sheet lead and lead piping | 12 | 4 | | Plumbing and soldering | 37² | 25¹ | | Printing | 32² | 33⁴ | | File-cutting | 18² | 9¹ | | Tinning of metals | 13 | 17 | | Vitreous enamelling | 19¹ | 17 | | White lead | 41² | 34¹ | | Red lead | 13¹ | 10 | | China and earthenware | 92⁶ | 77¹¹| | Litho-transfers | 1 | 1 | | Glass cutting and polishing | 5 | -- | | Electric accumulators | 24¹ | 31 | | Paints and colours | 21 | 17¹ | | Coach and car painting |104⁵ | 70⁶ | | Ship-building | 36 | 21² | | Use of paint in other industries| 56¹ | 51³ | | Other industries | 88⁴ | 47³ | +----------------------------------+-----+-----+ TABLE IV.--ANALYSIS OF REPORTS ON LEAD POISONING BY CERTIFYING SURGEONS FROM JANUARY 1, 1900, TO DECEMBER 31, 1909. +-----+--------------++-----------++--------------------------------++ | | || || Severity of Symptoms. || +-----+--------------++-----------++----------+----------+----------++ | | || || | | || | No. | Occupation. || Total. || Severe. | Moderate.| Slight. || +-----+--------------++-----------++----------+----------+----------++ | (1) | (2) || (3) || (4) | (5) | (6) || +-----+--------------++-----+-----++-----+----+-----+----+-----+----++ | | || M. | F. || M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. || | 1 |Smelting of || | || | | | | | || | |metals: || | || | | | | | || | |Cases || 411| --|| 104| -- | 105| -- | 197| -- || | |Per cent. || 100| --|| 25·3| -- | 25·6| -- | 47·9| -- || | 2 |Brass works: || | || | | | | | || | |Cases || 70| 4|| 26| 2| 20| 1| 22| 1|| | |Per cent. || 100| --|| 37·1| -- | 28·6| -- | 31·5| -- || | 3 |Sheet lead || | || | | | | | || | |and lead || | || | | | | | || | |piping: || | || | | | | | || | |Cases || 102| 4|| 25| 1| 29| 1| 47| 2|| | |Per cent. || 100| --|| 24·5| -- | 28·4| -- | 46·1| -- || | 4 |Plumbing and || | || | | | | | ||