[Temporary disability among workers in bread-baking plants].

A study of the impact of sanitary and hygienic, curative and preventive measures on the morbidity associated with temporary disability was conducted. Bread-baking plants N degrees 1 and N degrees 2 of the city of Vinnitsa were inspected, the number of workers there being 385 and 486, respectively, during 4 years. At the bread-baking plant N degrees 2, where general reconstruction of the production process had been carried out and special curative and preventive measures were being carried out, temporary disability was compared with analogous indicators in persons working at the bread-baking plant N degrees 1, where working conditions and the type of medical care remained unchanged. It was found out that the improvement of working conditions at the bread-baking plants and the carrying-out of special curative and preventive measures among workers resulted in reduction of morbidity especially in respect to the number of disability days. This association was mostly often found in cases of influenza, acute respiratory infections and chronic forms of broncho-pulmonary conditions.