Infectious disease and labor management

Takashi Shimizu
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In the early 20th century, when Spanish flu and tuberculosis were prevalent, laborers in the Japanese textile industry worked long hours in poor conditions, and the risk of contracting an infectious disease was high. In such a situation, forward-thinking companies set up hospitals as a voluntary measure for dealing with infectious disease, provided free medical care and assistance payments in the event of illness, improved company dormitories, and introduced other measures for safeguarding workers' welfare such as upgrading factories and offering educational programs. These programs influenced other companies and resulted in improvements in the working conditions at a number of firms, indicating that these countermeasures against infectious diseases were economically rational. This in turn implies that it is economically rational to upgrade sanitation and workers' welfare in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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传染病及劳动管理
20世纪初,西班牙流感和肺结核流行,日本纺织业的工人在恶劣的条件下长时间工作,感染传染病的风险很高。在这种情况下,有远见的企业设立了医院,作为应对传染病的自愿措施,提供免费医疗和生病时的援助,改善公司宿舍,并推出了其他保障工人福利的措施,如升级工厂和提供教育项目。这些方案对其他公司产生了影响,并改善了一些公司的工作条件,表明这些防治传染病的对策在经济上是合理的。这反过来意味着,为应对当前的COVID-19大流行,改善卫生设施和工人福利在经济上是合理的。
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