HC Deb 25 July 1929 vol 230 cc1535-6W
Mr. LOVAT-FRASER

asked the Secretary for Mines how many pit-head baths existed in Great Britain four years ago; and how many exist now?

Mr. TURNER

Excluding installations for the use of officials only, the number of pit-head baths completed and in course of construction on the 31st December, 1925, was 31. The number now completed is 37, besides which 28 others are in varying stages of construction by the Miners' Welfare Committee under the Mining Industry Act, 1926.