Studies on the Health Care for Workingwomen in a Factory in the Rural District / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

A health examination and an occupational health investigation were executed to find health problems of workingwomen in a rural factory which produces the disposable medical tools on the line. The results were as follows<BR>1) Most of workingwomen complain of fatigue of muscle and neuro-sensory systems which is due to simple work of assembly-line operation. Mild hypertension, anemia, backpain and eyestrain are also prevalent.<BR>2) The exposure to organic solvents was scarcely defined by our occupational environmental investigation, but an attention should be paid to the chronic intoxication by long-term, trace exposure to organic solvents. Recently organic solvents are so often used in factories in rural districts that it is very important to arrange the health check system for the intoxication by organic solvents, and to call special attentions of workingwomen to the occupational disease through the health education.<BR>3) As many workingwomen must work hard not only at the factory but also at their homes after their duties, carrying on agricultural cultivation, household and nursing of infants, they are usually fatigued and are chronically in anemic condition. To promote the health level of workingwomen in rural district, it is very important to realize the comprehensive health care. from the standpoint of promoting community health and occupational health care.