2. For the period June - September, figures of absence from all have been obtained from firms employing about 600,000 operatives, w### full analysis according to causes of absence has been obtained for a### 325,000 operatives. The statistics relate throughout to full-time only. The number of workers covered is small in relation to the t### industrial workers. Consequently (though there is no reason to sup### be the case) the results may not be fully representative of general experience. The figures, however, are believed to give a correct i about movements in absence from work, about its broad significance a the relative importance of the various causes.