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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
Southwark 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE E
REPORTED ACCIDENTS ANALYSED BY PRIMARY CAUSE
| Primary Cause | Class of Workplace | Total | % of Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offices | Retail Shops | Wholesale Depts./ Warehouses | Catering Establishments | Canteens | Fuel Storage Depots | Minister of Labour's Report 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | A* | B | 1967 | A* | B | 1967 | A* | B | 1967 | A* | B | 1967 | A* | B | 1967 | A" | B | 1967 | A* | B | 1967 | A* | B | ||
| Machinery | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | 7 | 5 | 12.4 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| Transport | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 7.3 | 4.0 |
| Falls of persons | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 27 | 25 | 31.5 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 39.7 |
| Stepping on or striking against object or person | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 13.4 | 10.3 | |
| Handling goods | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 16 | 25 | 16 | 180 | 27.0 | 19.5 | 20.7 |
| Struck by falling object | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| Fires and explosions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2.5 | 0.7 |
| Electricity | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 |
| Use of hand tools | - | - | - | 7 | 12 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 12 | 6 | 7.8 | 12.9 | 7.3 | 5.3 |
| Not otherwise specified | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
| Total | 13 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 48 | 42 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 89 | 93 | 82 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
•A: 1965 B: 1966.