asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of fatal accidents at work in manufacturing industry

				1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Great Britain*	…	…	…	0·04	0·04	0·04	0·04	0·04
West Germany†	…	…	…	0·18	0·19	0·18	0·17	0·16
Italy†	…	…	…	0·11	0·09	0·08	0·08	n.a.
France‡	…	…	…	0·12	0·12	0·13	n.a.	n.a.
NOTES:
* Rates per 1,000 persons employed—based on reported accidents
† Rates per 1,000 man years of 300 days each—based on compensated accidents
‡ Rates per 1,000 persons employed—based on compensated accidents

In an international comparison of accident frequency and incidence rates full account must be taken of the effect on the figures of difference in the economic

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