[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 225

London County Council 1956

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

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Table II— Fatal home accidents in England and Wales,1955—By age, sex and wain causes

Age group	Falls			Burns			Coal-Gas			Drowning			Inhalation			Poison			Scalds			Suffocation			Miscellaneous			Total
Age group	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T
0-4	22	16	38	23	43	66	7	9	16	7	5	12	130	89	219	14	8	22	19	14	33	117	66	183	40	34	74	379	284	663
5-14	9	3	12	14	50	64	5	—	5	1	2	3	2	1	3	1	1	2	1	—	1	—	1	1	17	3	20	50	61	111
15-44	42	16	58	16	34	50	44	31	75	1	4	5	9	3	12	35	29	64	—	1	1	6	1	7	31	11	42	184	130	314
45-64	119	122	241	28	48	76	72	69	141	2	15	17	13	8	21	40	33	73	2	4	6	—	1	1	17	15	32	293	315	608
65 +	817	2,188	3,005	111	237	348	162	341	503	5	9	14	10	8	18	18	30	48	29	33	62	1	1	2	19	28	47	1,172	2,875	4,047
Total	1,009	2,345	3,354	192	412	604	290	450	740	16	35	51	164	109	273	108	101	209	51	52	103	124	70	194	124	91	215	2,078	3,665	5,743
Per cent.			58			10			13			1			5			4			2			3			4			100