HC Deb 07 March 1939 vol 344 c1889
3. Mr. Dunn

asked the Secretary for Mines how many men and boys were killed or died from injuries sustained in and about the mines of Great Britain in 1938; and how many injuries there were to men or boys, and industrial diseases for which compensation was, or is to be, paid under the Workmen's Compensation Act in 1938?

Captain Crookshank

During the year 1938, 859 persons, including 17 boys under 16 years of age, were killed as a result of accidents at mines under the Coal Mines Act in Great Britain The number of persons injured and disabled for more than three days, and the number of persons disabled by industrial diseases during 1938 are not yet available.