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Correspondence between Rushworth's colleague Ian Patten, Project Leader at the Cancer Prevention Society, and various medical boarding centers (formerly known as Pneumoconiosis Medical Panels) over methods of lung biopsy and the issue of whether the then current edition of DHSS pamphlet NI.226 ('Pneumoconiosis and related occupational diseases', Paragraph 43: 'Diffuse mesothelioma') was misleading and therefore counterproductive.

Includes photocopy of the fatal accident inquiry into the death of Ronald Arthur Hill 3 June 1983 at Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow.

Material relating to the former site of TAC Co Ltd, Dalmuir. The site had been used for the manufacture of asbestos products 1938-1970. After TAC closed down operations in 1970, the site was owned by Monaville Estates Ltd.

Correspondence and papers 1980-1982 chiefly re the environmental dangers posed by the former site of Turner Asbestos Cement (TAC) Co Ltd, Dalmuir. Includes:

• colour photographs of the site
• correspondence with solicitors re Clydebank District Council v. Monaville Estates Limited
• correspondence with solicitors re former workers at TAC
• correspondence with the Sheriff's Office, HSE representatives and other occupational health experts, the Director of Environmental Services of Clydebank District Council, the Ministry for Home Affairs and the Environment (Edinburgh), MPs, the Scottish Civic Trust
• minutes of meetings between G E Rushworth and members of North Mountblow Community Council
• photocopies from a scientific paper on asbestos in Scotland and the final report of the HSC's Advisory Committee on Asbestos (ACA) (the Simpson Committee) published in October 1979

In August 1980, the Cancer Prevention Society called for a public inquiry into the asbestos waste tip at the former site of TAC Ltd, by then owned by Monaville Estates Ltd.

Correspondence and papers re the demolition of a former warehouse at Robertson Street, Glasgow, the modalities of which led G E Rushworth to lodge an official complaint with the Procurator Fiscal.

Includes colour photographs, also copy article 'Procurator Fiscal takes up asbestos demolition complaint', in 'Health and Safety at Work' September 1984.

Correspondence and papers. Includes a draft of the CPS pamphlet 'Facts on cancer'.

Correspondence and papers on cancer of the bladder.

Drafts of 'Facts on prostatic cancer' and correspondence. Leaflets, scientific publications, press coverage.

Mainly drafts of 'Facts on cancer of the uterus', some scientific publications. 1 letter.

Correspondence and papers re a report on 'Problems of asbestosis/Ineumoconiosis [sic] claimants in Clydeside', compiled by the Cancer Prevention Society (CPS). Background of the project appears to have been a comparatively high rejection rate (88%) for industrial injuries benefits claim in Glasgow, compared to e.g. Newcastle where Pneumoconiosis Medical Panels reportedly rejected only 60% of cases. Includes copies of:

• typescript 'Preliminary findings from information provided from death registration in Glasgow G1-G84 for the years 1974-1982'
• charts visualising death counts by post code
• several versions of listing of asbestos cases among thermal insulation engineers (by name), compiled by John Todd, a prominent representative of the Glasgow branch of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) during the 1970s and 1980s
• listings of asbestosis and mesothelioma by postcode, largely anonymised
• death certificates 1975-1982, 1983-1987

Volunteer helpers in the project were Mrs J Elliott from Cardross and, from Glasgow, Mrs Margaret Letang (social research student), Mr Paul Hannah (legal student), Mr Quintin Oliver (welfare rights advisor), Mr George Moore (solicitor) and Ms Pam Bartlett (Assistant Co-ordinator, Community Resources Project, Glasgow College of Technology). Staff of the Cancer Prevention Society involved in the project were Rushworth and two CPS Development Officers, David Baker and John Curran.

Documenting the efforts of the Glasgow Cancer Prevention Society to alert the public and responsible parties to cases of asbestos-related health and safety problems in the region. In chronological order.

Content of a photograph album documenting asbestos contamination at the former site of asbestos construction products company TAC Ltd, Dalmuir.

Includes 9 colour photographs of the site, taken c.1982. Also summary in 'Scots Law Times' 1982 of Clydebank District Council v. Monaville Estates Ltd, 12 December 1979, and photocopy from ‘Clydebank Dunbartonshire: the official handbook’ (c.1950).

Correspondence and papers re the Carron Ironworks demolition site in Stirlingshire.

Includes press coverage.

Correspondence and papers relating to bowel cancer.

Chiefly correspondence with Alan Dalton, journalist at the Labour Research Department and trade union safety tutor, re Hodgkins disease.

Drafts of 'Facts on lung cancer' and correspondence. Leaflets, scientific publications, press coverage.