§ 4. Mr. McENTEEasked the Secretary of State for India if he will give the latest available figures showing the number of factories in India coming under the Indian Factories Act and the number of men and women factory inspectors employed under the Act?
§ Sir S. HOAREThe number of factories in India coming under the Indian Factories Act during the year 1930 (the latest year for which figures are available) was 8,148. The number of factory inspectors employed under the Act during the year 1929 was 39, of whom one (in Bombay) was a woman.
§ 7. Mr. MORGAN JONESasked the Secretary of State for India if he can give information showing the total number of persons injured in accidents in those factories in India which are subject to the Indian Factories Act in 1931, or in the latest year for which figures are available; how many of these were cases of fatal, serious, and minor injury, respectively; and what is the number of persons injured in this way per 100,000 of those employed in factories coming under the Act?
§ Sir S. HOAREAs the reply contains a number of figures, I am circulating it.
§ The figures for the year ending 31st December, 1930 are as follow:—
| — | Fatal. | Serious. | Minor. | Total. |
| Number of accidents. | 240 | 4,115 | 17,429 | 21,784 |
| Rate per 100,000 | 15.7 | 269.2 | 1140.4 | 1425 |