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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hampstead 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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Table: ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME - Comparative figures 1960-1961

ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME - Comparative figures 1960-1961

Cause of Accident1961196019611960
L. C. C. Div. 2 *County of London
Fall
On stairs1872081,1191 ,221
From ladder1413111113
From chair2141174199
Outside (i. e. windows balconies, roofs, etc.)4055217234
In garden1516227251
In bath131518
From one level to another (i. e. tables, boxes, beds)6560412348
On same level (i. e. in room over objects)144170920888
Unspecified4794013,2612,868
Hit by object2522202184
Cooking Stove (saucepans ,water ,fats , etc.)1812123108
• T eapot274553
Other boiling water2321151129
Electric Shock623926
Poisoning (including foreign objects)4736338318
Gassing2528165137
Knife-like Wounds
(including spikes and cuts from glass)4930337321
Fires2123178141
Windows (trapping)1164247
Suffocation241817
Not specified5441337326
TOTAL: -1,2491,2098,4317,947
Rate per 10,000 population25.524. 126.524.9

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* Division 2 - Hampstead, Paddington, St. Marylebone, St,Pancras
and Westminster.