No less than 4,513 lives were lost in 1902 while in the ordinary pursuit of their calling in the United Kingdom. 112,133 persons were injured in the same period. The percentage of deaths from different causes in coal mining was (1) On the surf ace, 11.3; (2) Miscellaneous underground, 28.3; (3) In the shafts, 9.9; (4) By falls of ground, 44.1; (5) By explosions, 6.4.

Number Employed According to Latest

Returns.

Killed.

Injured.

1898.

1902.

1898.

1902.

Factories..............................

3,929,213

575

837

49,290

77,118

Mines..........................

855,603

941

1,053

4,408

3,999

Quarries..............................

97,108

134

119

1,434

1,190

Shipping (Merchant Vessels).............

230,161

1,139

1,397

2,354

2,228

Railway service.........................

575,834

522

468

12,826

13,735

Workshops..............................

Cannot be stated.

2

9

135

224

Laundries.....................

1

217

355

Docks, wharves, and quays..............

89

129

4,070

4,906

Warehouses......................

16

42

2,507

4,235

Buildings.................................

45

89

616

2,412

Railway service (contractors' servants). .. .

20

17

153

123

Under notice of Accidents Act 1894.............................

56

62

1,491

1,451

Shipping (Fishing vessels, etc.)........................

271

290

132

157

Total..................................................................................

3,810

4,513

79,633

112,133