HC Deb 24 November 1942 vol 385 cc668-9W
Mr. J. Griffiths

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of persons injured by accident in the coalmines of South Wales during the year 1938, classified according to the nature of the injury received?

Major Lloyd George

The figures of persons injured (disabled for more than three days) by accidents at mines under the Coal Mines Act in the South Wales and Monmouth coalfields during the year 1938 are as follow:

Nature of Injury. Number.
Fractures
1. Thigh (Femur) … 33
2. Leg (Tibia or Fibula) … 267
3. Arm and Forearm … 85
4. Spine … 30
5. Pelvis … 27
Injuries and/or other Fractures
6. Head … 1,789
7. Arm … 1,959
8. Hand … 8,302
9. Thigh or Leg … 4,060
10. Foot … 3,272
11. Eye … 703
12. Back … 2,165
13. Other parts of Body … 2,146
Total … 24,838

Mr. Griffiths

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of persons certified to be disabled from scheduled industrial diseases in the South Wales coalmines in the year 1938?

Major Lloyd George

The number of persons in the South Wales coalmines certified by examining surgeons in respect of scheduled industrial diseases in the year 1938 was 1,827.

Mr. Griffiths

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the numbers of boys and youths recruited into the coalmines of South Wales in each of the years from 1935 to 1939 inclusive?

Major Lloyd George

I regret that this information is not available.

Mr. W. Joseph Stewart

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents in and about the mines in each coalfield in the country during the years 1939 to 1942?

Major Lloyd George

Figures of accidents are available according to Inspection Divisions and not according to counties or

Number of persons killed and seriously injured* at Mines under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, in each Inspection Division during the years 1939, 1940, 1941 and up to 24th October, 1942.
Coal Inspection Division 1939 1940 1941 43 weeks to 24.10.42
Killed Seriously Injured Killed Seriously Injured Killed Seriously Injured Killed Seriously Injured
Scotland 152 383 108 340 118 328 90 236
Northern 124 575 165 589 149 512 132 400
Yorkshire 116 528 162 483 186 515 122 387
North Midland 90 378 130 454 124 479 78 375
North Western 94 368 119 464 107 390 126 258
Cardiff and Forest of Dean 99 477 116 474 128 438 88 305
Swansea 66 213 68 230 64 160 46 135
Midland and Southern 42 233 55 203 49 168 38 133
Total 783 3,155 923 3,237 925 2,990 720 2,229
* 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.

Mr. Henderson Stewart

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the figure for the output per manshift worked at the coal face for each of the eight weeks of the output bonus periods, with similar figures for the corresponding weeks of 1941?

Major Lloyd George

Figures on a weekly basis are not available for 1941. In the first two output bonus periods, the average output per man-shift worked at the coal face was 2.88 and 2.92 tons, respectively; in the corresponding periods of last year, it was 2.98 tons and 2.99 tons.