Table IX — Main Symptoms Appearing as the Cause in 264 Death Certificates of Lead Poisoning
| Industry. | Encepha- lopathy. | Bright’s Disease. | Cerebral Hæmor- rhage. | Paralysis. | Lead Poisoning. | Phthisis. | Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Heart Failure, Colic, Hernia, and Aneurism. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) |
| Smelting of metals | 1 | 6 | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Brass works | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet lead and lead piping | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Plumbing and soldering | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Printing | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| File-cutting | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 19 |
| Tinning and enamelling | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| White lead | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 27 |
| China and earthenware | 8 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | 57 |
| Glass-cutting | 1 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 9 |
| Electric accumulators | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 6 |
| Paints and colours | 4 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Coach-making | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 37 |
| Ship-building | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 8 |
| Paints used in other industries | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Other industries | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 11 | — | 2 | 17 |
| Total | 38 | 79 | 26 | 27 | 56 | 13 | 25 | 264 |
| Average at death | 32 | 43 | 47 | 43 | 44 | 38 | 40 | — |