INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.

No. 80.-NUMBER of PERSONS REPORTED as KILLED in

(a) Excluding Irish Free State from 1922 (from 1923 in the case of Shipping).

(b) Owing to a revision of the industrial groups, the figures given for 1921 and subsequent years are not on exactly the same basis as those for previous years in the following groups: Founding and Conversion of Metals; Wood; Clay, Stone, &c.; Chemicals; Paper, Printing, &c.; and "Other Non-Textile Industries. See also (c) and (d) notes,

(c) Included under "Other" Non-Textile Industries.

(d) The railways covered by the Factory and Workshop Act are the privately owned railways and sidings belonging to factories; accidents on these railways were not, prior to 1921, distinguished from other accidents occurring at the particular factories. For accidents on railways owned by Railway Companies, see pages 256-7.

(e) For detailed statistics, see-Coal Mines Acts, Tables No. 158-9, pp. 234-5; Railway Service Table 178, pp. 256-7 (statistics for Great Britain only); and Shipping, Table No. 195, p. 278.

(f) For period covered by, and notes on Shipping Statistics, see Table No. 195, p. 278.

WORK MEN'S COMPENSATION.

No. 81.-NUMBER of PERSONS COVERED by the WORKMEN'S of CASES and PAYMENTS (Extracted from Statistics of Compensation and of Proceedings under by the Government

Wool,
Worsted, Other
and Textiles.
Shoddy.

277,433 244,259 142,322 397,269 288,617 791,189 315,391

628,331
612,985 280,573 248,669 135,257 437,160 348,212 801,814 322,447
591,753 280,602 186,499 140,708 436,370 309,966 885,800 318,187
584,540
134,220 386,705 309,900 795,193 291,358

277,048 199,004

3,143
28
3,271
15
3,659
22

3,228
16

9,069 36 10,173

1920

38 5,826

1921

3,700 23 3,697 13 2,070 14 2,947 20 3,643 25 26 1924(b) 11,333 4,299 27 16 1925(b) 13,124 3,814

1922(6)

23 8,249 24 8,634

1923(b)

25

18

3,140 20 3,275 10 3,481 10 2,981 17

2,305
12

2,486
20
1,514.
12

1,980(d)
7(d)
2,244(d)|
13(d)
2,260(d)

8

Metals Wood. (Extraction, &c.)

2.792
13

291,771 279,887 158,143 478,337 669,923 1,007,034 302,609
285,529 247,123 159,480 497,845 573,036 991,309 300,079
260,365 236,266 148,884 340,790 426,385 806,015 282,918
274,436 197,961(d) 144,720 345,796 398,849 602,770
267,203 253,407 (d) 166,449 347,204❘ 360,945 723,649
267,380 274,770(d) 155,715 384,918 401,624 828,624 326,457
254,725 208,462 134,051 389,772 381,361 841,456 340,235

291,857

300,210

FACTORIES.

NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED.

5,166 35 5,478 39 5,969 41 5,726 47

Engi-
neering Other

and
Ship
Building

1

Information not available.

33,147

116 34,323 168 39,273 199 34,059 179

6,211 54 6,436 46 6,025 49 5,530 43 6,356 27 7,111 36 6,949 40

NUMBER OF CASES IN RESPECT OF WHICH PAYMENTS WERE MADE IN THE YEAR.

(Disablement cases in ordinary type, fatal cases in italics.)

28,983
211
30,522
220
16,908
110
23,299
120
33,396
126

36,826
139
32,904
122

Paper
Metal and
Work. Printing.]

29,140 202 32,310 210 32,486 216 32,246 212

Information not available.(ƒ)
40,392
187
41,894
175
28,791
129
25,200
94
35,693
114
43,423
133
45,479
153

34,227 233 35,782 288 26,195

196 20,087

101 23,089 98 28,803 121 26,372 128

China
and Miscel-
Earthen-laneous.

3,882

17 4,746

40 3,413

20 4,259 18 4,527 18 5,175 18 5,868 17

ware.

69,346 2,060,783 5,214,940 72,834 1,990,480,5,250,431 69,556 2,123,184 5,342,625 59,842 1,957,858 4,995,668

66,816 2,280,677 6,127,706 77,138 2,284,732 5,996,246 58,494 2,086,792 5,218,311

73,143 2,407,844 5,265,298 72,885 2,179,849 5,228,484 73,473 2,130,571 5,394,699 76,018 2,233,218 5,424,378

1,125 9 1,143 7 1,428 10 1,394 5

1,321 12 1,356 10 1,151 10 1,322 9 1,630 6 1,788 6 1,912 10

Total.

(a) Subject to minor fluctuations, the number of cases under the Employers' Liability Act, 1880, has steadily diminished since the passing of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906. The total number of cases under the former Act taken into court in Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1924 was 68, and the total amount of damages awarded £6,394.

COMPENSATION ACTS (a) in certain INDUSTRIES, and NUMBER in respect of ACCIDENTS.

Docks.

the Workmen's Compensation Acts, and from information supplied of Northern Ireland.)

Mines. Quarries.

184,991
1,248

134,738
1,231
103,784
833
201,374
1,067
245,481

1,282

214,187

1.265 197,434 1.235

Con

struc-
tional
Work.

138,359 1,059,642 91,957 99,889 72,226 379,226 451,452 228,179 158,598 1,086,113 84,703 115,218 74,575 386,969 461,544 236,004 140,820 1,114,210 87,541 97,954 76,553 391,378 467,931 240,036 124,708 1,046,357 82,709 90,061 77,553 388,175 465,728 236,706

0366

5,817 83

5,440 64 6,001 66 5,674

83

2,973 34 4,151 56 3,687 42 3,972 36 5,376 50 6,466 59 6,865 90

510,058

195,062

161,371 1,184,038 49,235 99,547 85,636 440,228 525,864 202,633
169,572 1,249,884 68,792 98,601 75,266 477,793 553,059 203,971
127,844 1,109,023 62,722 86,444 73,659 436,399
123,991 1,122,687 64,734 96,218 65,908 410,633
148,822 1,214,894 70,293 111,877 69,353 415,679 485,032 223,729
161,380 1,203,050 76,717 109,408 82,372 444,915(e) 527,287 204,421
145,794 1,157,304 78,138 110,925 84,901 451,848 536,749 204,277

476,541

212,133

Clerical
Staff.

6,707 102 6,111 85 6,568 96 6,248 104

3,107

52 4,099

58

NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED.

3,695

51 4,827

40

7,141

53

8,411

70

9,012
68

69

Information not available.

NUMBER OF CASES IN RESPECT OF WHICH PAYMENTS WERE MADE IN THE Year.
(Disablement cases in ordinary type, fatal cases in italics.)

3

7,468

391

7,668

439

7,599

414

26,444
452
24,375
446

6,827
456

Information not available. (ƒ)

3,627

274

RAILWAYS.

Other

Railway Total.
Servants.

66

5

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION.

1

44

3 41

2 84 3

131

23,381

393

24,368

369

74 16,536

2

324 17,920

44

2

392

45

26,370

450

24,309
441

Steam Sailing
Vessels. Vessels.

14,468

287

14,066(e)

232

16,893(e)

233(e)

21,583(e)

267(e) 22,159 314

23,450
396
24,430
372

16,610 326 17,964 394

14,513 288 14,110 235 16,934 235 21,667 270 22,290 314

SHIPPING.

4,197

304

3,917
203

4,577(e)
270(c)

4,557 (c
248(c)

6,326(c

266 c) 6,692 293

21,579

18,394
18,236
15,174

8,789

8,025

6,402

6,006

5,963

4,895

4,971

641

110

633

76

592

83

550

59

240

35

267

31

207

28 208

Total.

21 244 19 271 24 306

23

249,758 7,305,997

254,398 7,411,005

258,272 7,509,353

251,880 7,057,111

GRAND
TOTAL.

8,109

501 8,301

515

8,191

497

7,377
515

3,867

309 4,464

335

4,154 231. 4.785 291 4,801 267 6,597 290 6,998 316

1913

1914

1915

211,422 8,359,183

to 1918 1919 211,996 8,348,150 1920 201,464 7,315,866 1921 218,139 7,367,608(b)1922 229,692 7,489,094 (b)1923 209,316 7,681,857 (b.1924 209,248 7,662,536 (b) 1925

YEARS.

413,294

3,988
417,694
3,544
468,687
3,721

428,278
4,173

1911

1912

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

to

1918

1919

1920

1921

355,102
3,269
371,561
3,504
274,085
2.371
379,089 (b)1922
2.483
463,629 (b)1923
2,664

472,931 (b)1924
2,865

458,869 (b) 1925 3,019

(b) Excluding Irish Free State.

(c) Including sailing vessels in Northern Ireland.

(d) Including cotton and wool in Northern Ireland. (e) Including clerical staff in Northern Ireland. (The estimated numbers of Fatal and Non-Fatal Cases of Accidents and Industrial Diseases for these years based on incomplete information are: 1915-Fatal 3,623, non-fatal 389,247 1916-Fatal 3,716, non-fatal 384,714; 1917-Fatal 3,704, non-fatal 378,552; and 1918-Fatal 3,857, non-fatal 378,328.

Table continued on next page.
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WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION.

(Extracted from Statistics of Compensation and of Proceedings under by the Government

£ 66,422

6,093

86,143

6,375

79,993

4,428

70,963

5,109

85,773

6,173

130,524

6,176

Wool,
Worsted, Other
and Textiles.
Shoddy.

102,858

4,113

1922(b) 115,314 3,813

1923(b) 142,953 5,951

1921(b) 127,695 6,736

No. 81.-NUMBER of PERSONS COVERED by the WORKMEN'S of CASES and PAYMENTS

1925(b) 129,188 5,812

£ £ 23,074 16,734

3,060

2,400

24,030 16,907

2,037 1,132

23,073 18,766

2,253 1,119

Engi
Metals neering
Wood. (extrac- and
tion, &c.) Ship
Building.

£ 46,796

AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAID.

(Disablement cases in ordinary type, fatal cases in italics.)

FACTORIES.

51,905

4,906

£ 163,346 5,480 14,706

23,051 15,670 53,174
1,349 2,174
5,681

(a) See note (a), p. 96.

179,369

26,227

50,588 193,212
5,390 28,623

42,791 26,408 97,502 294,617
3,978 1,950 9,654
44,069

50,012 33,975 117,849 397,963
5,801 2,534 10,203 44,250

43,116 30,847 128,363 298,645
3,128 2,474 10,019 23,755

177,566 204,662 221,503
30,501 30,252 26,084

43,331 26,332(d 112,034 337,209
2,611 1,311(d) 9,718 27,052
52,162 29,539(d) 119,939 379,144
5,264 2,951(d) 5,984 26,748
48,790 1,614(d) 108,559 323,315
3,564 1,733 8,820 37,327

Other Paper
Metal and
Wo k. Printing.

Information not available.

43 263 26,859 105,188 309,335
3,595 2,834 9,087 35.091

£
£
185,718 179,369

30,403 22,846

203,874 205,296

32 557 21,281

191,912 244,310
32,568 26,241

350,524 415,225
45,723 36,167

444,367 496,755

56,622 38,477

412,441 361,634

40,383 25.741

337,812 373,205
20,472 20,351

334,889 413,807
21,603 22,708

282,520 391,719
32,784 35,699

276,162 393 847
33,736 40,407

(b) Excluding Irish Free State.

£ 31,168

4,503

36,487

2,791

38,294

3,347

34,826
1,626

54,072
2,500

67,776
7,399

61,815
3,886

China
and Miscel
Earthen-laneous.

70,272
4,080

67,130
4,323

69,849
3,474

ware.

70,859
3,597

Total.

£ £ £ 7,980 301,392 1,021,999

1,076 46,912 137,479

6,612 323,156 1,133,779

868 54,566 152,740

7,726 309,199 1,162,073 1,175 51,286 156,430

8,067 312,722 1,122,204 528 51,694 154,998

15,437 578,160 1,960,511 2,490 78,807 231,511

15,030 728,19 2,482,415 1,632 88,708 261,802

18,377 804,059 2,262,155 2,293 62,768 178,560

18,736 656,529 2,090,774 1,632 60,710 151,750

20,379 689,827 2,249,769 832 52,425 148,795

14,133 641,796 2,027,020 1,932 79,707 211,776

21,454 668,604 2,044,759 3,337 91,196 228,692

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(c) Including sailing vessels in Northern Ireland.