Sanitary, hygienic and food conditions of the workers of the Corumbá Railroad -Santa Cruz - Studies and observations / Condições higiênico-sanitárias e alimentares dos trabalhadores da estrada de ferro Corumbá-Santa Cruz
Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz
; 13(1-2): 5-32, jan.29,1953.
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ABSTRACT
The sanitary and health conditions of the workers of the Corumbá-Santa Cruz Railway were studied in this paper. Environment, way of living, customs, work, food, and alimentation were also considered. A medical commission constituted by Brazilian and Bolivian scientists was designed to run the region along this railway, The members of the medical commission stayed in several places to study hospitals, restaurants, bakeries, workers" houses, sanitary boards, pharmacies, small farms, encampments, offices, factories, etc. The workers"alimentation was minutely studied and the employed methods criticized. The medical commission made the following suggestions1 - Organization of a surgical service for the workers of this railway; 2 - Organization of a medical department managed by a physician living in Roboré with authority along the railway and medical sections in San José, Roboré, El Carmen and Santa Cruz; 3 - Organization of a central laboratory in Roboré, and two more in San José and El Carmen respectively, for clinical examinations, principally a) nasal mucus (diagnostic of leprosy), b) sputum (search of tuberculous bacilli), c) blood (malaria parasite), d) faeces (intestinal parasites specially hookworm disease), e) analyses of water (bacteriology and chemistry of drinking water); 4 - Medical examinations for the workers of the Corumbá-Santa Cruz Railway, every three months; 5
RESUMO
o presente trabalho, não obstante sua estrutura e seu propósito descritivo e informativo, é, essencialmente, um estudo técnico especializado, exaustivo e amplo sôbre as condições higiênico-sanitárias e alimentares dos trabalhadores da Estrada de Ferro Corumbá-Santa Cruz.
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1953
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