Abstract
Loss of working time due to accident, domestic problems and sickness among 876 persons employed in a Health Department during the years 1944–53 has been recorded. The total loss was 5·1% of possible working days. The records show annual and seasonal variations, but for all three causes absence was higher for women than for men. Absence was greater among married than in single women, but this was largely due to pregnancy and child-bearing. The effect of age on the nature and duration of sickness has been studied. Respiratory infections, including influenza, were the chief cause of sickness absence and psychoneurotic conditions were recorded in women only. The survey has given no indication of measures which might reduce absence from work.
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