MANY ACCIDENTS
WOMEN WAR WORKERS Press Association-By Telegraph—Copyright iLONDON, October 7. Puffs and curls were a substantial cause of the record number of accidents in 1942 to women in war industries, savs the chief inspector of factories, Sir Wilfrid Garrett. Sir Wilfrid sighs for some influential fashion leader to set. a new style in hairdressing.: In his ! annual report he confesses. that it is ; no use making rules such as the compulsory wearing of caps, but says a woman may be lured into adopting a sensible style by force of example. The report reveals that there were 293,855 accidents to-men, a 51 per cenV increase compared with 1938, and 71,244 accidents to women, an increase of 389 per cent, compared with 1938. Fatal accidents in 1942 totalled 1.383. Sir Wilfrid declares that the accident rate is now making an appreciable inroad into the war effort.
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Evening Star, Issue 24990, 8 October 1943, Page 2
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