HC Deb 16 December 1942 vol 385 cc1952-4W
Sir R. Gower

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of boys under 16 years of age employed below ground in mines in each year since 1938; the number killed in each of the eight divisions each year by accidents; the number injured and disabled for more than three days; and the rate of injury per 1,000 employed?

Major Lloyd George

The information is not yet available in respect of this year; for the years 1938–41 it is as follows:

Average number of boys under 16 years of age employed below-ground; the number killed and injured and the rate of injury per 1,000 boys employed below-ground at mines under the Coal Mines Act 1911 in the years 1938 to 1941.*
Division. 1938. 1939. 1940. 1941.
Average No. of boys employed below-ground. Number of boys No. of boys killed & injured per 1,000 employed below-ground. Average No. of boys employed below-ground. Number of boys No. of boys killed & injured per 1,000 employed below-ground. Average No. of boys employed below-ground. Number of boys No. of boys killed & injured per 1,000 employed below-ground. Average No. of boys employed below-ground. Number of boys No. of boys killed & injured per 1,000 employed below-ground.
Killed. Injured and disabled for more than 3 days. Killed. Injured and disabled for more than 3 days. Killed. Injured and disabled for more than 3 days. Killed Injured and disabled for more than 3 days.
Scotland 924 4 162 180 1,002 2 169 171 947 2 180 192 837 2 182 220
Northern 3,050 3 1,029 338 2,963 2 920 311 2,566 — 903 352 1,875 3 852 456
Yorkshire 3,793 5 930 247 4,054 2 978 242 3,849 3 1,136 296 3,012 4 1,054 351
N. Midland 1,473 — 358 243 1,717 1 425 248 1,537 3 465 304 1,245 1 441 355
N. Western 1,361 1 288 212 1,506 1 256 171 1,461 — 302 207 1,002 3 286 288
Cardiff & Forest of Dean 3,072 1 695 227 2,880 — 635 220 2,794 5 663 239 2,001 6 614 310
Swansea 1,252 1 243 195 1,226 1 231 189 1,326 — 292 220 869 1 283 327
Midland & Southern 557 — 108 194 674 — 115 171 690 — 145 210 492 2 132 272
All Divisions 15,482 15 3,813 247 16,022 9 3,729 233 15,170 13 4,086 270 11,333 22 3,844 341
* NOTE:—In order to make this comparable with the information given in the annual reports of the Secretary for Mines, the rate per 1,000 boys employed below-ground includes both killed and injured.

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