Sir G. Lloydasked the Minister of Supply the total number of working days lost each month from January, 1952, through sickness in all Royal Ordnance
— 1951 1952 1953 Total working days Number of working days lost Total working days Number of working days lost Total working days Number of working days lost January … 681,760 *79,839 727,801 50,542 1,205,088 *87,448 February … 697,300 *74,149 847,540 56,762 961,960 *84,178 March … 887,575 58,004 1,085,220 63,887 — — April … 718,760 42,313 830,533 42,289 — — May … 726,200 35,340 1,142,405 51,794 — — June … 921,325 45,860 895,640 36,668 — — July … 746,500 33,281 926,629 36,409 — — August … 756,620 30,597 977,365 42,630 — — September … 946,950 46,301 954,091 47,361 — — October … 768,440 44,091 839,522 55,281 — — November … 776,960 45,524 1,209,525 64,701 — — December … 985,275 46,364 883,304 51,282 — — * Influenza epidemic. † Year divided into four- and five-week periods corresponding approximately to calendar months.
COMPARATIVE TOTALS FOR 1950, 1951 AND 1952 Year Total working days Number of working days lost Percentage 1950 … … … 8,158,280 457,252 5.6 1951 … … … 9,613,665 *581,663 *6.1 1952 … … … 11,319,575 599,606 5.3 * Influenza epidemic in January-February.
Sir G. Lloydasked the Minister of Supply whether he will provide the monthly figures to bring up-to-date the tables published from time to time, showing the amount of sickness in Royal Ordnance factories after the introduction of the Industrial Paid Sick Leave Scheme in September. 1948.
§ Mr. SandysThe following table shows the monthly percentages of sick absence among industrial employees in the Royal ordnance factories from January, 1952, to February, 1953:
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§ Mr. SandysThe following table shows the total number of working days lost through sickness each month t from January, 1952, in all Royal Ordnance factories, with the corresponding figures for the previous year:
1952 1953 January … … 6.9 7.3* February … … 6.7 8.8* March … … 5.9 April … … 5.1 May … … 4.5 June … … 4.1 July … … 3.9 August … … 4.4 September … … 5.0 October … … 6.6 November … … 5.3 December … … 5.8 * Influenza epidemic