HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE

old age: The first men were harmless, they
did not use tools, their food was what they
found when they moved, then they
discovered stone instruments, in short,
primitive works were only in search to
survive,
with the passage of time private property
appears and slavery begins.

the work in the slavery: it begins to need

personnel to carry out work since the mines
and great artisans appear and the war begins
among the richest for the slaves.

work in feudalism: perfected the trades

appear new industries and
instruments; the peasant has achieved
by the work stop producing for the
feudal lord, and the artisans increased
their productivity.

THE WORKERS IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND

CAPITALISM:
ALL PRODUCTS GO FOR SALE AND WORK IS GENERATED BY
LARGE INDUSTRIES.
IN ENGLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY,
WORK WAS TRANSFORMED AND WENT FROM MANUAL WORK
TO FACTORY WORK, AND THE PEASANTS LEFT THE
COUNTRYSIDE TO GO TO THE CITY, AND IT WAS THERE THAT
THEY WENT FROM A CRAFT WORKSHOP TO FACTORIES.
THE MACHINES APPEAR, THE TECHNIQUE, FOR THIS REASON
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY THEY MODIFY
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE
PEOPLES.

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

THE ECONOMY IS MODERNIZED AND AGRICULTURE
ASSOCIATIONS ARE FORMED ACCORDING TO THE TYPE OF
WORK TO BE PERFORMED SOCIAL CLASS IS DIVIDED AND
WOMEN AND CHILDREN BEGIN TO WORK IN 1833 9 OLDS ARE
FORBIDDEN TO WORK IN TEXTILE FACTORIES AND THOSE
UNDER THE AGE OF 13 ARE PROHIBITED FROM WORKING LESS
THAN 12 HOURS, SINCE IN 1844 IT IS DESCRIBED THAT WOMEN
AND YOUNG PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WORK MORE THAN
12 HOURS, IN 1847 THE NORM WAS APPROVED THAT THE
WORKING DAY FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN MAY NOT EXCEED
10 HOURS.

MODERN AGE TODAY

IT WAS ESTABLISHED FROM 1953 TO 1914 BUT IN 1413 AND
1417 A REGULATION APPEARED TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH
OF THE WORKING CLASS.
1567 THE FIRST MONOGRAPH DEVOTED TO
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES ATTRIBUTED TO THE SWISS
PHYSICIAN.
DOCTORS APPEAR TO HEAL, BOOKS ARE ALSO WRITTEN
WHERE SOME JOBS ARE REPORTED AND THAT THEY ARE
DANGEROUS.
IN 1802 THE LAW ON HEALTH AND MORALS AROSE
WHERE THEY SET THE LEVELS OF HYGIENE AND
EDUCATION OF WORKERS.
IN 1883 THE ENGLISH FACTORY ACT A TREATISE ON THE
BEST LABOR LAW WAS PUBLISHED.
IN 1919 THE STAGE OF WORKING LIFE WAS BORN IN
PRESERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL
STATE OF WORKERS IN ALL FUNCTIONS.

En la actualidad ya existen
sistemas de proteccion para el
trabajador, hay especialistas en
salud ocupacional, y equipos
de investigacion de medicina
legal.