HC Deb 28 July 1944 vol 402 cc1007-8W
Mr. Rhys Davies

asked the Minister of Labour if he will state for each of the last five years the number of fatal and nonfatal accidents in the factories of this country.

Mr. Bevin

The number of fatal non-fatal accidents reported under Factories Act for each of the last five years is as follows:

Year. Number of Fatal Accidents Number of Non-fatal Accidents.
1939 … … 1,104 192,371
1940 … … 1,372 230,607
1941 … … 1,646 269,652
1942 … … 1,363 313,267
1943 … … 1,220 309,924