Abstract
THE gradual recogriltion of the prevalence among industrial workers of severe physical or mental fatigue has led during the test,fOw years to a closer study of its harmful effects and to various suggestions as to its prevention. Although moderate fatigue is a healthy and natural event, there is little doubt that unduly prolonged hours of work, particularly if the work is carried on under unfavourable hygienic conditions, may lead to such a degree of fatigue that the efficiency and health of the worker are seriously impaired. The decline in efficiency manifests itself not only in a smaller output of work, but also in many occupations by an increased liability to accidents.
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Report of an Investigation of Industrial Fatigue by Physiological Methods. By Prof. A. F. S. Kent . (Home Office.)
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The Physiology of Industrial Fatigue 1 . Nature 96, 492–493 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096492a0
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