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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Post Office Lives: stories of life and death in the Bri
 tish Post Office - David Green (Kings College London)
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CONTACT:Martin Andersson
DESCRIPTION:DUE TO STRIKE ACTION\, this seminar will be moved to a later d
 ate (in Lent term).\n\nAbstract: Based on the pension records of around 30
 \,000 British postal workers who retired between 1860 and 1908\, together 
 with additional information about death\, the Addressing Health project is
  exploring the dimensions and experience of sickness in the Post Office wo
 rkforce. This individual level information provides an opportunity to comp
 are health outcomes by person (occupation\, age\, gender)\, place and time
 . By following through a subset of workers(c. 8000)  to the time of their 
 death\, we can also understand better the relationship between sickness an
 d death. Preliminary results show distinct regional variations in health o
 utcomes: Scottish workers\, for example\, took less time off sick than the
 ir equivalent English counterparts. Health outcomes were particularly bad 
 for indoor sorters compared to postmen who delivered the mail\, even in si
 milar locations. The majority of retirements were the result of sickness\,
  including poor mental health. By identifying these kinds of health outcom
 es\, we can begin to understand better the significance of the workplace i
 n relation to health\, taking into account geographical as well as occupat
 ional and personal factors.
LOCATION:History Faculty\, Room 6
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