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Southwark 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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HOME ACCIDENTS
Information regarding home accidents is available from the London
County Council giving figures reported by the London Ambulance Service
according to cause and age, cause and Divisional area, and the total
numbers in each borough.
In regard to cause and age, estimates have been prepared of those
occurring in Southwark during 1963 which are set out in Table l under
the various causes. Similarly in Table 2, estimates have been made of
the numbers of accidents occurring in Southwark in 1963 in the various
age groups and the percentage contribution made by each age group to
the total accidents.. It is emphasised that these figures can only be
estimates.

Table: Table 1 Palls

Table 1 Palls

on stairs24
from ladders2
from chairs5
outside5
in garden5
from one level to another13
on same level25
unspecified124
Total falls203
Hit by object6
Cooking stove4
Teapots2
Other boiling water6
Electric shock1
Poisoning11
Gassing12
Knife wounds10
Fires9
Windows1
Suffocation2
Unspecified12
Total279
Rate per 1,000 population3.2