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42.
Mr. T. WILLIAMS
asked the Secretary for Mines if he will give the names of collieries where pit-head baths have been established in Great Britain; how
| STATEMENT showing the number of Baths provided at Coal Mines in Great Britain. | |||||
| District. | Name of Colliery. | Total Number of Persons employed. | For general use. | ||
| Below Ground. | Above and below Ground. | Number and kind of Baths. | Daily Average Number of Persons using Baths. | ||
| Lancashire and Chesire. | Chanters No. 1 | 506 | 723 | 76 Shower | 500 |
| Chanters No. 2 | 494 | 702 | |||
| Gibfield Arley | 716 | 1,079 | 48 Shower | 350 | |
| Victoria (Howe Bridge) | 114 | 190 | 20 Shower and 1 Ordinary. | 135 | |
| Reedley | 393 | 435 | 30 Shower | 160 | |
| Yorkshire | Manvers Main* | 2,897 | 3,786 | 20 Shower†| 120 |
| Barnborough | 1,431 | 1,758 | 40 Shower | 110 | |
| Wath Main* | 1,823 | 2,287 | 88 Shower | 600 men per hour at end of day shift (maximum). | |
| Wharncliffe No. 1 | 523 | 1,418 | 8 Shower | 72 | |
| Silkstone No. 4 | 497 | 6 Slipper | |||
| Staffordshire, North. | Parkhouse Nos. 1 and 2 | 221 | 308 | 6 Shower | 50 |
| South Wales and Monmouth. | Graig Merthyr and Lefn Drim (Slants). | 809 | 966 | 6 Ordinary | 4 |
| Deep Navigation | 1,593 | 2,035 | 75 Shower | 581 | |
| Fife and Clackmannan. | Wellesley | 1,264 | 1,542 | 84 Sprays | 512 |
| Glencraig* | 730 | 879 | 20 Sprays | 120 | |
| Lanarkshire, &c. | Douglas Castle | 218 | 283 | 20 Sprays | 120 |
* These baths are in course of erection. | |||||
| †A further installation of 20 baths will be completed shortly. | |||||