§ 16. Lieut.-Colonel FREMANTLE (for Dr. HASTINGS)asked the Home Secretary if he can give the number of persons employed in factories and the number of full-time medical officers in the factory service?
§ Mr. SHORTAccording to the Workmen's Compensation returns for 1929—the last year for which figures are available—the number employed was 5,531,322, including 347,480 outside workers. As regards the latter part of the question, the only whole time official appointments are the medical inspectors of factories who now number eight. The certifying and other surgeons who are appointed under the Factory Act for particular duties and who number about 1,800 are part-time posts.