Industrial Fatigue and Efficiency

<p>First published in 1921 <i>Industrial Fatigue and Efficiency </i>aims to provide a fairly complete overview of industrial fatigue and its influence on efficiency. It brings crucial themes like fatigue and its measurement; output in relation to weekly hours of work; output and hours of work in various industries; the six- hours day and multiple shifts; work spells and rest periods; limitation of output; lost time and its causation; sickness and mortality; industrial accidents and their causation; the prevention of industrial accidents; and adoption of healthy factory conditions to showcase the importance of adequate lighting heating and ventilation washing facilities cloak rooms ambulance room and a well found canteen as basic requirements in factories. This book is an important historical document for scholars and researchers of labour studies labour economics industrial studies and political economy. </p>