TABLE 8.-Works or Departments under Regulations, 1926. 20,111 19,183 14,224 18,873 12,126 16,788 19,373 16,931 11,553 16,698 165860 *Including tenements of tenement factories. TABLE 9.-Reported Cases of Poisoning (s. 73), 1926. The principal numbers are those of attacks (fatal or otherwise) reported during the year, and not reported in the 12 months preceding such attacks. The small figures at the right are those of deaths ascertained during the year, whether included (as attacks) in previous tables or not. Information as to fatal issue is received from the local Registrars of Deaths, and from the Coroners if an inquest is held. Of the 568 reported attacks, 286 were notified by medical practitioners (s. 731), and 405 by occupiers (s. 733). Further details will be found in the Report of the Medical Inspector. In addition to those included in the Table, 9918 cases of lead poisoning were reported among house painters and 165 among house plumbers, not employed under the Acts. ↑ In addition, 41 cases among dock labourers were reported. TABLE 10.. All Reported Accidents, 1926: Industry, Age, Sex. In the Accident Tables the injured person is the unit. The principal numbers are the totals of fatal and non-fatal accidents; the small figures at the right are those of fatal accidents only. An accident means an accident which is either fatal or disables the workman for more than three days from earning full wages for the work at which he was employed. |