NUMBER OF CASES OF, AND DEATHS FROM, POISONING, TOXIC JAUNDICE, KINGDOM,* REPORTED UNDER THE FACTORY AND

[Compiled from the Annual Reports of the Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops, NOTE. Cases include all attacks, fatal or otherwise, reported in each year, and not reported, so far as is known, in the twelve as Cases

Disease and Industry..

Lead Poisoning.

(See also below and ¶ note.)

Cases.

1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923. 1924.

The statistics for 1922-4 relate to Great Britain and Northern Ireland only.

Included in "Other Industries, Lead Poisoning."

||First notifiable as from 1st January, 1920.

¶ The total number of non-fatal cases of lead poisoning among house painters and plumbers and of anthrax among dock labourers

of Births, Marriages and Deaths.

EPITHELIOMATOUS AND CHROME ULCERATION, AND ANTHRAX IN THE UNITED WORKSHOP ACTS, CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRY, 1910-1924.

supplemented by information specially supplied by the Government of Northern Ireland.]

months immediately preceding the date of the report. Deaths include all fatal cases reported, whether previously included

or not.

Deaths.

Disease and Industry.

1910. 1911. 1912. 1913 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923. 1924.

is not known, as notification is not obligatory, but particulars of deaths are available from the records of the Registrar-Genera

NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED AND TOTAL COMPENSATION PAID
IN THE UNITED

(Extracted from Statistics of Compensation and of Proceedings under the Workmen's Government of

1910

230,296

20,287 250,583 573,664 280 927 256,920 135,697 414,761 276,942 1911 228,179 21,579 249,758 628,331 277,433 244,259 142,322 397,269 288,617 1912 236,004 18,394 254,398 612,985 280,573 248,669 135,257 437,160 348,212 1913

240,036 18,236 258,272 591,753 280,602 186,499 140,708 436,370 309,966

1919 202,633 8,789 211,422 592,509 291,771 279,887 158,143 478,337 669,923 1,007,034 302,609
1920 203,971 8,025 211,996 579,975 285,529 247,123 159,480 497,845 573,036 991,309 300,079
1921 195,062 6,402 201,464 571,402 260,365 236,266 148,884 340,790 426,385 806,015
1922† 212,133 6,006 218,139 527,922 274,436 197,961 § 144,720 345,796 398,849
1923† 223,729 5,963 229,692 556,683 267,203 253,407 § 166,449 347,204 360,945
1924† 204,4211| 4,895 209,316 551,167 267,380 274,770§ 155,715 384,918 401,624

282,918 602,770 291,857 723,649 300,210 828,624 326,457

TOTAL COMPENSATION PAID.

1910

136,023

£ 19,676 155,699 64,191 23,353 18,127 51,647 179,833 177,683 184,943 29,994

Subject to minor fluctuations, the number of cases under the Employers' Liability Act, 1880, has steadily former Act taken into court in Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1924 was 68 and the total amount of damages Including sailing vessels in Northern Ireland.

47,640 28,683 107,252 340,332 397,577 454,480 57,051
56,696 36,528 128,095 444,610 502,544 537,821 75,245
33,377 138,479 324,445 454,392 389,736 66,192
27,935§ 121,892 366,574 359,748 396,747 74,956
32,568§ 126,310 408,609 358,501 441,223 71,977
20,3828 117,798 363,257 316,249 435,350 74,092

1

UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACTS* IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES KINGDOM, 1910-24.

Compensation Acts, supplemented by information specially supplied by the Northern Ireland.)

69,995 1,879,340 4,943,532 128,878 1,072,571 90,318 97,719 67,233 374,240 441,473 7,025,074 69,346 2,060,783 5,214,940 138,359 1,059,642 91,957 99,889 72,226 379,226 451,452 7,305,997 72,834 1,990,480 5,250,431 158,598 1,086,113 84,703 115,218 74,575 386,969 461,544 7,411,005 69,556 2,123,184 5,342,625 140,820 1,114,210 87,541 97,954 76,553 391,378 467,931 7,509,353 59,842 1,957,858 4,995,668 124,708 1,046,357 82,709 90,061 77,553 388,175 465,728 7,057,111

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

[Information not available.]

1917

(1918

1919 1920

66,816 2,280,677 6,127,706 161,371 1,184,038 49,235 99,547 85,636 440,228 525,864 8,359,183 77,138 2,284,732 5,996,246 169,572 1,249,884 68,792 98,601 75,266 477,793 553,059 8,348,150 58,494 2,086,792 5,218,311 127,844 1,109,023 62,722 86,444 73,659 436,399 510,058 7,315,866 1921 73,143 2,407,844 5,265,298 123,991 1,122,687 64,734 96,218 65,908 410,633 476,541 7,367,608 †1922 72,885 2,179,849 5,228,484 148,822 1,214,894 70,293 111,877 69,353 415,679 485,032 7,489,094 †1923 73,473 2,130,571 5,394,699 161,380 1,203,050 76,717 109,408 82,372 444,915|| 527,287 7,681,857 †1924.

diminished since the passing of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906. awarded (6,394.

Great Britain and Northern Ireland only.

§ Including cotton and wool in Northern Ireland.

The total number of cases under the

NUMBER OF CASES AND AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF

1910

(Extracted from Statistics of Compensation and of Proceedings under the Workmen's

The estimated numbers of Fatal and Non-Fatal Cases of Accidents and Industrial Diseases for these years, based -Fatal 3,704, non-fatal 378,552; and 1918-Fatal 3,857, non-fatal 378,328;

Including sailing vessels in Northern Ireland.