[Current problems in preventive medicine].

The author presents data on the incidence of diseases involving temporary invalidity among workers of the Moscow Railway. The difference in morbidity levels at various enterprises in this branch of industry is as high as 2.9 to 5.

[Use of the indicators of morbidity with temporary disability during conducting of the sanitary control at the Moscow subway].

Current sanitary surveillance at the Moscow Metro was analyzed under the conditions of scientific and technical revolution. A new form of current sanitary surveillance based on the data derived from medical certificates processed at the Moscow Metro Computer Centre was proposed. Excess coefficient of disease rates was calculated.