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REPORTS ON THE STATE OP SCIENCE. — l^W. 



Tabt^e XVI. — Accidents. 



Industrial Commission, Wisconsin. Amtliche Nachrichten des Reichsversicher- 

 Jan. 1913-June 1914. ungsamU, 1910. Germany. 1907. 



Times of Work : 7-12, 1-5 or 6. G or 7-12, 1-0 or 7. Break at 4. 



Hovir of Work. 



1st 737 3,933 



2nd 1.0,30 6,885 



3rd 1,092 7,351 



4th 1,805 9.004 



5th 1,608 9,739 



6th 1,298 8,106 



7th 1,334 6,462 



8th 1,475 6.903 



9th 1,546 6,817 



10th 1,216 6,041 



10 and over .... 459 8,53J 



Note. — American and German working times being less broken up by breakfast 

 breaks than English (Section V.a), it is quite worth while reproducmg these two 

 attempts that have been made to record the accidents recurring in each ' workiiuj 

 hour ' as distinguished from the clock-hour. 



In the Wisconsin figures (not yet published) the meal-hour, 12-1, has been sub- 

 tracted from all the afternoon hours, in the German it would be included in the 

 later ordinals. 



Table XVII. — Accidents in the Manufacture of Driving Chains and 



Engineering. 



Hans Renold. 



Burnage, Manchester. 



Range.— Whole factory except Depts. 7 and 35, from Nov. 1910 to April 1914. 

 Owing to changes in the factory hours, Monday accidents are omitted in 1910-1912. 

 Saturday accidents from Nov. 1910 to May 1912 and all accidents in Dept. 2 from 

 May 1912 to April 1914. 



Accide7it.— Covers all cases requiring first aid and reported to the matron in attend- 

 ance at factory. 



Four Winters. Three Summers. Total. 



Nov.-April 191C-14. May-Oct. 1911-14.. 



151 

 168 

 169 

 197 

 147 



176 

 177 

 181 

 124 



Corrections made. — (i) Where Saturdays are not omitted (see above), the after- 

 noons (from 12 on in 1912 from 12.15 in 1913-14) are averaged by multiplying all 

 afternoon figures by 6/5. 



(ii) From Jan. 1, 1913, work stops at 5.45 ; figures for 5-6 after that date are 

 multiplied by ^3. 



