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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

London County Council 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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the burden that collectively they impose on the community. Accident prevention
measures likely to be most successful are those directed towards making their surroundings
safe, their younger relatives, friends and neighbours vigilant and so far as a direct
approach is concerned it needs to be simple, often repeated and not such as will antagonize
the people to whom it is directed.

Table: Table I— Fatal home accidents in England and Wales1950-1955

Table I— Fatal home accidents in England and Wales1950-1955

Type of accidentYear
195019511952195319541955
Falls
on stairs630712724709832852
off ladders354143434735
from one level to another417475314263267255
on same level1,0181,0098831,034813736
unspecified4635135969121,4421,476
Total falls2,5632,7502,5602,9613,4013,354
Bums468577574490569604
Coal-gas poisoning387459461552612740
Drowning645432506651
Inhalation and ingestion of food328302294253290273
Poison149166180195193209
Scalds109105939485103
Suffocation303303258225226194
Miscellaneous238248234412†220215
Grand totals4,6094,9644,6865,2325,6625,743

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†Includes flood disaster victims.
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