Chronicle. Vol. 24, No. 1 (1928)

According to the decree of the USSR NKT, all workers and employees of medical and veterinary institutions are divided into 4 groups with respect to the length of the working day: 1) employees with a 6-hour working day, 2) with an 8-hour working day, 3) with a working day reduced by the harmfulness of work (this group is divided into 4 subgroups; a) with a 7-hour working day, b) with a 6-hour working day, c) with a 5-hour working day and d) with a 4-hour working day): 4) with irregular working hours. The first group includes doctors, paramedics, midwives, etc., the second - persons of junior medical and veterinary staff, the third - group a disinfectors, subgroup b - persons of middle and junior staff of tbc sanatoria, persons of junior staff of psychiatric hospitals, etc., subgroup a doctors working in outpatient clinics, etc., subgroup d doctors-investigators, x-ray personnel, etc., and the fourth subgroup heads of institutions (chief physicians, directors, etc.), their assistants, housekeepers, etc.