[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 226

London County Council 1956

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

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Table III— Details of accidents reported by London Ambulance Service during year ended31-3-56

	Under 1	1-	2-	3 and 4	5-19	20-59	60-69	70-79	80+	Males	Females	Total
Falls
on stairs	1	4	20	24	102	514	213	226	169	409	864	1,273
off ladders	—	—	—	1	11	103	40	21	4	115	65	180
from chair	—	18	10	15	16	100	39	42	36	52	224	276
outside stone steps, windows, balconies, roofs, etc.)	—	8	17	38	124	131	38	29	10	226	169	395
in garden	—	5	23	35	112	129	64	82	60	197	313	510
in bath	—	—	—	—	2	11	1	5	3	12	10	22
from one level to another (i.e., tables, boxes, beds, etc.)	18	17	21	27	36	65	33	98	141	164	292	456
on same level (i.e., in room over objects, etc.)	—	11	24	29	57	174	110	220	223	243	605	848
unspecified	—	12	17	41	89	393	254	479	422	426	1,281	1,707
Sub-total	19	75	132	210	549	1,620	792	1,202	1,068	1,844	3,823	5,667
Burns	4	7	11	6	45	82	14	29	19	80	137	217
Coal-gas poisoning	—	2	3	3	8	49	17	14	14	41	69	110
Poison (including foreign objects and inhalation)	20	39	42	24	35	57	15	9	4	109	136	245
Scalds at cooking stove	3	19	11	11	25	54	6	8	3	52	88	140
teapot	1	23	15	11	10	8	3	3	2	45	31	76
other boiling water	5	20	15	20	43	44	7	7	4	72	93	165
Sub-Total	9	62	41	42	78	106	16	18	9	169	212	381
Suffocation	8	2	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	5	6	11
Electric shock	—	1	—	—	2	20	—	1	—	9	15	24
Hit by object	9	20	33	47	120	167	22	27	9	241	213	454
Lacerations	2	13	20	19	138	217	17	11	2	247	192	439
Windows (trapping)	—	—	—	—	2	30	5	9	3	8	41	49
Not specified	6	5	2	7	27	85	22	23	21	89	109	198
Total	77	226	284	358	1,004	2,433	921	1,343	1,149	2,842	4,953	7,795