§ Mr. Jannerasked the Minister of Labour the total number of deaths and injuries in factories in each of the last three years; and what plans he has for more effective safety precautions in factories in the near future.
§ Sir W. MoncktonThe numbers of accidents in factories notified to the Department under the Factories Acts for 1948, 1949 and 1950 were 182,838, 172,026 and 170,371 respectively. Of these, 552, 475 and 506 were fatal. The progressive increase in precautions against accidents is a matter of steady spade work in industry, through safety education and in other ways, assisted by the work of the factory inspectorate and of various organisations including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, rather than a matter of specific plans at any particular time.