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Mr. Ifor Davies
asked 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. Green
Separate 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 |