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ON December 14, 1935, a Royal Commission under the chairmanship of Lord Rockley was appointed to inquire into what steps could be taken to improve the health and safety of workers in coal mines in Great Britain, having regard to the many changes that have taken place in organization, equipment and experience gained since the Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1911. The Commission held fifty-two public meetings, and after hearing evidence from the principal interests concerned, as well as visiting a number of mines, presented its report in December last*. The Government has announced that it has accepted the report as the basis for new legislation. The report itself extends to about 250,000 words and, in addition to a volume of appendixes, 1,500 pages of evidence involving nearly 37,000 questions and answers have been published.
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RITSON, J. Safety in Coal Mines. Nature 143, 225–227 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143225a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/143225a0