Its interesting to see early definitions of industrial hygiene:
Margaret A. Schaffner
The American Political Science Review, Vol. 3, No. 2 (May, 1909), p. 218
Published by: American Political Science Association
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1944736
“Industrial Hygiene
The example of the International Association for Labor Legislation in securing governmental cooperation in the investigation of occupational diseases is being followed by the American branch of the Association.
A bill (580 A.) introduced in the Wisconsin legislature on February 16, 1909, makes it the duty of the commissioner of labor and industrial statistics “to investigate, collect and publish all available information upon the subject of industrial hygiene, including the conditions that retard, or promote the health, vitality, energy and industrial efficiency of wage-earners in Wisconsin, and to inquire into measures and means of promoting the cooperation of employers and wage-earners toward the improvement of physique and industrial efficiency of the working people of the State.”
The bill carries an annual appropriation of $5000 for a period of two years.”
It would be interesting to see what information was collected
