28 May 1942 ~ "Noise and Health" will be the subject presented by guest speakers at
the University of Chicago, before the Greater Chicago Noise Reduction Council at
its Noise Abatement Week luncheon on Thursday, June 4th, at the Bismarck Hotel.
 
"How much can man take of his roaring and rattling civilization?" will be the
specific theme.

Scientific study during the past decade of the harmful effects of excessive noise
to the human body and mind has brought out the fact that noise causes a direct
waste in human efficiency and is a specific contributor to ill health.

Mayor Edward J. Kelly proclaimed the week of May 31, 1942, "Noise Abatement Week"
in Chicago in order to bring the evils of needless noise to the attention of
Chicago residents.

Police Commissioner James P. Allman has had distributed throughout Chicago,
striking posters directing attention against the noise.

artist: Howard Scott (1902-1983)

Indusrial engineers have said that excessive noise in industry robs industry of
the work of one man in ten, a significant loss in view of the present all-out war
production program.

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