to the State Accident Fund, which is operated by the Act, as one of the
methods by which employers must insure.

During the year ending October 31, 1924, there was a total of
38,972 industrial accidents reported to the Commission. This was an
increase of 2,067 over the number of accidents reported in the preceding
year. Out of this number there were 14,368 claims filed for compensa-
tion, 139 of which were fatal cases, as against 14,683 claims filed during
the year ending October 31, 1923, 126 of which were claims in fatal
cases. As a result of last year's work there was paid out to injured
employees and their dependents the sum of $1,154,787.72, which in-
cluded the payment of compensation, funeral and medical expenses, etc.

THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
AND STATISTICS

Office, St. Paul and Saratoga Streets.

Name. Postoffice.

Commissioner:
Dr. J. Knox Insley...............................................Baltimore

Medical Examiners:

Dr. Samuel A. Keene..............................................Baltimore
Dr. Anna S. Abercrombie..................................Baltimore

Psychiatrist:
Dr. Francis L. Dunham.........................................Baltimore

Assistant to Commissioner:
Mack Herzog .......................................-.................Baltimore

Industrial inspectors:

Harry A. LeBrun...................................__..................Towson, Md.
William D. Bloom......__.....__..................................Catonsville
August W. Miller.....................................,......................... Baltimore
Mary A. Richardson...........................__...___...............Baltimore
Mary M. Wootton.....-__.........-_..__....Baltimore
Monica McCarthy ...........,-.....—......................................Baltimore
James E. Magill...........................................Baltimore
Benjamin C. Green...............................___...... ...Baltimore
Wm. E. B. Grant.....................................................................Baltimore

Industrial inspectors for Western Maryland:

Margaret R. Welsh...................Cumberland, Md.
Edgar P. Eyler..............................................Hagerstown, Md.

Senior Clerks:

Kathryne Phelan ................................................Baltimore
Catherine Hughes ..................-.............................Baltimore

Stenographer Secretary:
Selma B. Cone...........................-.......................- -.......Baltimore

Stenographers:

Bessie R. Fallon............................ _................................ Baltimore
Elizabeth Sanders ................................................Annapolis
Mildred J. Hughes...........................................................Baltimore

Typist:
Mary F.Riley........... ................................................Baltimore