§ 27. Mr. R. RICHARDSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can give information showing the total number of persons killed and the total number injured by industrial accidents in factories, mines, etc., during 1923?
Mr. DAVIESIt appears from information furnished by the several Departments concerned that the total number of persons reported as killed during 1923 by industrial accidents in factories, docks and other premises under the Factory Acts, mines, quarries and in the railway service, was 2,488. The number reported as injured by accidents on premises under the Factory Acts was 124,733. The figures as to non-fatal accidents in the other industries mentioned are not yet available.