[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough] page 39

Hampstead 1964

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

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ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME - Comparative figures 1963-1964.

Cause of Accident	1964	1963	1964	1963
Cause of Accident	L.C.C. Div.2 x		County of London
Fall
On stairs	120	180	824	961
From ladder	22	15	98	102
From chair	12	12	146	132
Outside (i.e.windows, balconies, roofs, etc.)	38	26	198	233
In garden	14	10	175	174
In bath	6	4	21	23
From one level to another (i.e.tables,boxes,beds)	45	57	341	400
On the same level (i.e. in room over objects)	69	153	470	866
Unspecified	672	576	4509	4009
Hit by object	27	20	218	189
Cooking Stove (saucepans,water,fats,etc)	21	16	170	140
Other boiling water	27	24	199	194
Electric Shock	6	8	49	43
Poisoning.(including foreign objects)	50	50	473	393
Gassing	21	28	185	294
Knife-like Wounds (including spikes and cuts from glass)	59	39	373	319
Fires	35	33	221	267
Windows (trapping)	-	12	23	36
Suffocation	3	5	27	45
Not specified	38	66	412	436
TOTAL:-	1,293	1,343	9,191	9,308
Rate per 10,000 population	26.2	27.4	28.9	29.2

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