§ 25. Mr. JOHN WARDasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can give the number of accidents, fatal and non-fatal, which were reported to have occurred on public works in course of construction or repair during 1910, 1911, and 1912?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. McKenna)I am informed by the Board of Trade that the number of reported accidents in connection with the construction or repair of works to which the Notice of Accidents Act, 1894, applies was as follows in each of the years mentioned: In 1910, 18 fatal and 415 non-fatal; in 1911, 8 fatal, 437 non-fatal; in 1912, 9 fatal, 420 non-fatal.