[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough] page 45

Wandsworth 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME
Tables showing figures of accidents in the home, introduced for
the first time in 1958, are reproduced below, and include figures for
1960, calculated as described in the 1958 Report.
HOME ACCIDENT CASES DURING 1956 to 1960

Table: TABLE I

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TABLE I

Cause of Accident	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960
Fall.
On stairs	120	112	122	130	131
From ladder	21	18	12	19	20
From chair	18	18	21	29	21
Outside	32	18	16	35	21
In garden	45	31	25	43	35
In bath	1	3	1	4	2
From one level to another	42	42	33	32	35
On same level	77	57	105	115	110
Unspecified	222	240	255	268	338
Hit by object	45	15	14	16	20
Cooking stove	15	7	13	17	15
Teapots	4	2	6	7	7
Other boiling water	18	25	12	17	13
Electric shock	2	2	1	3	2
Poisoning	27	34	24	24	48
Gassing	9	9	12	19	12
Knife.like wounds	69	51	36	47	48
Fires	24	10	24	11	10
Windows	7	5	6	9	7
Suffocation	1	3	2	10	3
Not specified	13	53	44	31	39
Totals	812	755	784	886	937
Rate per 10,000 population	24.0	22.4	23.2	26.2	27.6

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TABLE II

		AGE GROUPS AND PERCENTAGES
	1956 %	1957 %	1958 %	1959 %	1960 %
Under 1	10 1.2	10 1.4	14 1.7	11 1.3	12 1.3
1.	26 3.2	25 3.3	29 3.7	31 3.4	33 3.6
2.	30 3.7	26 3.4	30 3.8	35 3.8	35 3.9
3 and 4	31 3.8	35 4.6	36 4.6	40 4.5	45 4.8
5.19	96 11.7	81 10.7	84 10.8	102 11.8	110 11.6
20.59	252 31.0	232 30.7	239 30.5	268 30.5	280 30.4
60.69	93 11.6	91 12.0	82 10.5	102 11.6	110 11.8
70.79	150 18.5	133 17.7	141 17.9	155 17.3	157 16.4
80+	124 15.3	122 16.2	129 16.5	142 15.8	155 16.2
Totals	812 100	755 100	784 100	886 100	937 100

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Table: TABLE I

Table: TABLE II