§ Mr. Ifor Daviesasked the Minister of Labour if he will give the numbers of reported accidents and the number of fatalities in factories and other premises under the Factories Acts in the last 10 years in respect of Wales.
§ Mr. GreenSeparate figures for Wales are available only from 1952. The information is given in the following table:
ACCIDENTS Wales and Monmouthshire Year Fatal Total 1952 … … … 50 12,449 1953 … … … 66 12,354 1954 … … … 52 11,787 1955 … … … 40 11,850 1956 … … … 55 11,948 1957 … … … 45 10,926 1958 … … … 52 9,896 1959 … … … 51 10,647 1960 … … … 61 11,794