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Abstract
To investigate the effect of illness on employment opportunities, a questionnaire was sent to industrial physicians asking them whether they would recommend the hiring of persons with various conditions. These included angina, previous myocardial infarction, hypertension, diabetes, valvular heart disease, proteinuria, old tuberculosis, and others.
The replies indicated that patients with a previous myocardial infarction had only a 27% to 70% chance of being hired. Those with angina 12% to 59% chance; rheumatic heart disease 9% to 33%, hypertension 16% to 59%, renal disease 43%, diabetes requiring insulin 34% to 79%, tuberculosis under treatment 46% to 67%, and previous psychiatric illness 14% to 63%. Liability for further illness and possible increase in cost of compensation insurance were said to be contributing factors by over 85% of the respondents.
Although less than 50% of the physicians polled replied, we do not believe the results would have been different with a larger response.