OCCUPATIONAL CUTANEOUS CANCER ATTRIBUTABLE TO CERTAIN CHEMICALS IN INDUSTRY
Abstract
, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., D.P.H. Chesttr Btaity Rtttanh InstituU, Royal Conor Hospital (Frm), London Formerly H.M. Mtdkal Inspector ofFactoritt Nature of the disease Site of election Causal agents in relation to occupation Time elapsing from beginning of employment to manifestation of the neoplasm Select bibliography Porcival Pott pointed out as early as 1775 that cancer on one particular cutaneous she, namely the scrotum, could be attributed to soot Others, including Butlin in 1892, showed that the same she might be affected by other products, and it was alto observed that other cutaneous sites in addition to the scrotum might similarly be affected by certain chemicals such as pitch, tar and mineral oil. Nevertheless, it was not antQ 1907 mat it was recognized officially in Britain that cancer of any cutaneous site could be caused by pitch, tar. or tarry compounds. In this year, the definition " scrota! tpithetioma occurring in chimney sweeps and epltheliomatous cancer or tdceratlon of the skin occurring in the handling or toe of pitch, tar or tarry compounds" was added to the third schedule of the Workmen's Compensation Act Seven further years elapsed before " Bitumen, mineral oil or paraffin or any compound or