§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Health what steps have been taken with a view to the prevention of dermatitis among persons employed in bakehouses?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSMy right hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this Question. Proposals for requiring the adoption at bakehouses of certain special precautionary measures have been communicated to the associations representing the employers and workers concerned, and the views of these associations having now been obtained and considered, I have decided to proceed at once to the formal issue in draft of an Order for the industry under Section 7 of the Police, Factories, Etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1916. I will see that the hon.
— L. G. O. C. and Associated Companies. Independent Proprietors. Total. 1926 31st January 4,718 611 5,329 30th June 4,571 474 5,045 (including 99 'buses now controlled by the L.G.O.C. which on 31st January were independent. I am not in a position to say how many were actually running on the dates in question.