FACTORY ACCIDENTS
INROAD INTO WAR EFFORT
Rec. 9 a.m. LONDON, October 7. Puffs and curls were the substantial cause of a record number, of accidents in 1942 to women in the' war industries, says the chief inspector of factories, Sir Wilfred Garrett. Sir Wilfred sighs in his annual report for some influential fashion leader to set a new style in hairdressing. He confesses it is no use making rules such as compulsory wearing of caps, but he says that women may be lured into a sensible style by force of example. The report reveals that there were 293,865 accidents to men—an increase of 51 per cent, compared with 1938 — and 71,244 accidents to women —an increase of 389 per cent, compared with 1938. Fatal accidents in 1942 totalled 1363. Sir Wilfred Garrett declares that the accident rate is now making an appreciable inroad into the war effort. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 86, 8 October 1943, Page 5
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