HC Deb 10 June 1942 vol 380 c1063
71. Sir Francis Fremantle

asked the Minister of Labour the number of cases of lead-poisoning notified in 1899, 1919 and 1939?

The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour (Mr. McCorquodale)

Cases notified under the Factory Acts were: 1,258 in 1899, 207 in 1919, and 109 in 1939.

Sir F. Fremantle

Does not that show very satisfactory progress in the machinery of the Government?