§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Secretary for Mines the number of fatal and nonfatal accidents in the coal mines of this
Period (Annual averages) Number of Persons Rate per 1,000 Persons Employed Killed Seriously injured* Killed Seriously injured* 1913–1922 … … 1,243 4,663 1.15 4.4 1923–1932 … … 1,079 4,254 1.05 4.1 1933–1941 (9 years including prov. figures for 1941) … … 876 3,145 1.12 4.0 * Injuries which, because of their nature or severity are, under the terms of Section 80 of the Coal Mines Act, 1911, required to be reported to His Majesty's Divisional Inspectors at the time of their occurrence.