Treatment for Miners
An article in last week's Spectator on the success of rehabilitation methods in cases of fracture and other injuries lends importance to the announcement made this week regarding plans for acquiring rehabilitation-centres for miners Injured in pit-accidents. A number of country mansions are being purchased for this purpose by the Miners' Welfare Commission (which is financed by a levy of id. on every ton. of coal raised) and it is forecast by the President of the Mineworkers' Federation that by the summer of 1943 every coalfield will have its own centre to which its own cases can be sent. Accidents in mines are more numerous than they should be, and two processes must go on side by side, the development of safety measures in the pits and the provision of the best possible treatment for the injured. It is to be observed that the latter involves no new charge on the industry, for the Miners' Welfare Commission, which has already provided pit-baths, canteens and other amenities on an extensive scale, has sufficient funds in hand, and the assurance of a sufficient income in the future, to cover all the necessary expenses.
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