§ Mr. JOHN WARDasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is able to give the number of men engaged in pit sinking, and the number of accidents, fatal and otherwise, which occurred to these men during each of the last ten years?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe number of fatal accidents to persons engaged in sinking shafts during the last ten years in mines under (1) the Coal Mines Regulation Acts and (2) the Metalliferous Mines Act respectively were as follows:—
Year. Number of Deaths in Mines under Coal Mines Regulation Acts. Number of Deaths in Mines under Metalliferous Mines Act. 1902 19 — 1903 11 — 1904 13 1 1905 10 — 1909 5 1 1907 20 1 1908 18 1 1909 22 3 1910 13 1 1911 22 4 153 12