[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough] page 48

Wandsworth 1961

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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
1961, calculated as described in the 1958 Report.

Table: HOME ACCIDENT CASES DURING 1956 to 1961 TABLE I

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HOME ACCIDENT CASES DURING 1956 to 1961 TABLE I

Cause of Accident 1956 1957			1958	1959	1960	1961
Fall.
On stairs	120	112	122	130	131	109
From ladder	21	18	12	19	20	8
From chair	18	18	21	29	21	22
Outside	32	18	16	35	21	17
In garden	45	31	25	43	35	34
In bath	1	3	1	4	2	2
From one level to another	42	42	33	32	35	45
On same level	77	57	105	115	110	110
Unspecified	222	240	255	268	338	373
Hit by object	45	15	14	16	20	21
Cooking stove	15	7	13	17	15	13
Teapots	4	2	6	7	7	6
Other boiling water	18	25	12	17	13	16
Electric shock	2	2	1	3	2	3
Poisoning	27	34	24	24	48	48
Gassing	9	9	12	19	12	14
Knife.like wounds	69	51	36	47	48	38
Fires	24	10	24	11	10	15
Windows	7	5	6	9	7	7
Suffocation	1	3	2	10	3	2
Not specified	13	53	44	31	39	41
Totals	812	755	784	886	937	944
Rate per 10,000 population	24.0	22.4	23.2	26.2	27.6	26.9

Table: TABLE II AGE GROUPS AND PERCENTAGES

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TABLE II AGE GROUPS AND PERCENTAGES

	1956 %		1957 %		1958 %		1959 %		1960 %		1961 %
Under 1	10	1.2	10	1.4	14	1.7	11	1.3	12	1.3	14	1.6
1.	76	3.2	25	3.3	29	3.7	31	3.4	33	3.6	35	3.9
2.	30	3.7	26	3.4	30	3.8	35	3.8	35	3.9	82	8.6
3 and 4	31	3.8	35	4.6	36	4.6	40	4.5	45	4.8	83	8.7
5.19	96	11.7	81	10.7	84	10.8	102	11.8	110	11.6	71	7.4
20.59	252	31.0	232	30.7	239	30.5	7.68	30.5	280	30.4	129	13.7
60.69	93	11.6	91	120	82	10.5	102	11.6	110	11.8	168	17.7
70.79	150	18.5	133	17.7	141	17.9	155	17.3	157	16.4	124	13.0
80+	124	15.3	122	16.2	129	16.5	142	15.8	155	16.2	238	25.4
Totals	812	100	755	100	784	100	886	100	937	100	944	100

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Table: HOME ACCIDENT CASES DURING 1956 to 1961 TABLE I

Table: TABLE II AGE GROUPS AND PERCENTAGES