[The working, life style and health conditions of welders (social hygiene research)].

An analysis was performed of results of a sociological investigation, which showed a greater specific weight among the examinees of welders of 20 to 49 years old (62.9%) who had a sufficiently long general and occupational service duration. Increase in the length of service was found to be associated with increased frequency of complaints related to function disorders of the nervous system, such as general weakness, an increased tendency to become fatigued, dyskinesia type motor impairment, irritability. Preventive examination of wedding operators showed the disorders of the cardiovascular system to prevail among them, with arterial hypertension being the most common morbidity. A major proportion of the examinees complained about feeling a pain in the heart region both in rest and exercise.