Papers on testimony in 1907 of Dr. Montague Murray, senior physician at Charing Cross Hospital, to Departmental Committee on Compensation for Industrial Diseases.
- transcript of Yorkshire Television documentary ‘Alice: A Fight for Life’ about asbestos, 1982
- statement by John Willis, producer and director of the documentary, 1984
Includes consultative document.
Includes:
- copies of extracts from Hansard relating to Health and Safety at Work Bill, 1974
- article, possibly by Dalton, for Hazards Bulletin, 1976
- correspondence between Dalton and clerk of Select Committee on Employment, Health and Safety at Work Act Subcommittee on investigation of 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act, 1981
Letters to Dalton from Battersea Redevelopment Action Group re asbestos and demolition activities on Morgan crucible site, Battersea.
Correspondence and papers on dispute at Grain Power Station, Isle of Grain, Kent, between Babcock and Wilcox management and staff regarding handling of man-made mineral fibre insulation.
Includes:
- papers re strike over asbestos by building workers at Barbican Arts Centre in London, 1976-1977
- letter plus papers to Franklin from John Todd, member of branch committee of Glasgow Insulation Workers branch of TGWU. Todd was a lagger and asbestosis sufferer.
Papers relating to Joe Walker, asbestos lagger and safety representative of General and Municipal Workers Union Heat & Frost Branch. Walker was sacked for calling in a factory inspector.
Correspondence and papers on explosion at Nypro UK Ltd chemical plant at Flixborough in 1974. Includes:
- report of Court of Inquiry into the Flixborough Disaster
- press releases
- text of lecture at Imperial College, London by K. Gugan on Flixborough explosion and inquiry
Proofs for book on asbestos entitled ‘We Die as Best We Can’ by Jim Burns.