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June, 1986, Vol. 109, No. 6

BLS and Alice Hamilton:
pioneers in industrial health

William T. Moye
Formerly a historian at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is the command historian at the U.S. Army Laboratory Command

In the early years of the century, BLS contracted for and published studies of industrial health and safety; its most active agent was Alice Hamilton, 'special investigator for industrial diseases'.

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