§ 58. Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that in Leicester the fatal 165W accident rate in the home is approximately 35 per year, compared with about 20 on the roads; that posters and leaflets of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents are used in the maternity and child welfare clinics there; that they are shown to groups of women who receive talks on home safety and are placed at the disposal of home nurses and other social workers; and whether he has any further statement to make as to the restoration of the grant of £2,000 to the Home Safety Committee of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
§ Sir H. Lucas-ToothMy right hon. and learned Friend is well aware of the valuable work which the Royal Society has done in giving publicity to methods of preventing accidents in the home, and it was with great regret that he decided that the grant which they have received during the past four years must, in the interests of economy in Government expenditure, be discontinued. The question of the restoration of some financial assistance from the Exchequer for the purpose of the Society's home safety work is still under consideration.