Causes of bad health in industry

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What are the reasons for bad health in industry?

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(1) Prevalence of insanitary conditions in industries is the main cause of bad industrial health. Basic facilities such as facilities of drinking water, latrines and urinals etc. are not provided by most of the employers in India. It adversely affects the health of the workers.
(2) Defective nutrition—The industrial worker does not get the required calories of food to maintain his health because he is low-paid and cannot arrange for better nutritive values from the available means.
(3) Existing medical and preventive health organisations are inadequate. The employers are indifferent to the problem.
(4) Workers in India are uneducated and poor and therefore they do not care much for their health.
(5) Other causes—There are several other causes of bad health. They are:
o Long hours of work and low wages
o Migratory character of workers. They daily come from and go to their villages
o Bad climatic conditions under which work is performed. They are not provided workable conditions in factories.