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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE F
REPORTED ACCIDENTS ANALYSED BY PRIMARY CAUSE
| Class of Workplace | Total | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Cause | Offices | Retail Shops | Wholesale Depts./ Warehouses | Catering Establishments/ Can teens open to the public | Fuel Storage Depots | |||||||||||||
| 1969 | A* B* | 1969 | A*B* | 1969 | A* B* | 1969 | A* B* | 1969 | A* B* | 1969 | A* B* | |||||||
| Machinery | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | _ | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 11 |
| Transport | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Falls of persons | 4 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | 8 | — | — | — | 22 | 30 | 28 |
| Stepping on or striking against object or person | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | _ | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| Handling goods | — | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | 17 | 16 |
| Struck by falling object | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Fires and explosions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Electricity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Use of hand tools | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 7 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| Not otherwise specified | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Total | 6 | 15 | 13 | 25 | 32 | 37 | 12 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 18 | — | — | — | 52 | 81 | 89 |
A* 1968 B* 1967