That Legislative Measures Have Proved Generally Effective in the Control of Asbestosis (1946)

An MD thesis presented to the University of Glasgow in 1946 by H. Wyers, answering an industrialist's challenge that asbestosis compensation costs were higher than ever. It reviews the 1931 Asbestos Industry Regulations and schemes, morbidity statistics, clinical, radiological and pathological signs, complications and management, drawing on cases from the author's factory; Cape Asbestos Co. is thanked for data. Of 98 fatal cases, 20 showed cancer, 15 of them primary intrathoracic growths. The author concluded legislation had been generally effective, though not entirely, and further legislation probably unwise.