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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
Croydon 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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HOME SAFETY
Accidents taken to Hospital by Ambulance during 1961.
| Type of Accident | Under S | Age Groups | 45- 64 | 65 + | Sex | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 -14 | 15-44 | H | F | |||||
| FalIs | 87 | 89 | 54 | 52 | 104 | 191 | 195 | 386 |
| Burns and Scalds | 28 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 64 |
| Poisoning | 24 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 54 |
| Suffocation | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Miscellaneous | 54 | 85 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 116 | 77 | 193 |
| Totals | 196 | 187 | 115 | 81 | 122 | 371 | 330 | 701 |
Deaths from accidents in the Home.
| Cause | No. | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 8 | 8 | All women between 58 and 8 3 years. |
| Burns and Scalds | 4 | One woman aged 79 - clothes caught fire while lighting gas cooker |
| One boy aged 3 - burns and suffocation. Child left alone in house. Night-dress airing on fireguard. | ||
| One girl aged 2 - Nightdress caught fire while playing with matches. Mother had just left the house to telephone; kiosk almost outside home. | ||
| One boy aged 1 year three months. Severe scalds. Crawled off the bed into bath of very hot water. Mother out of room. | ||
| Poisoning | 5 | Four women aged 63 to 83 years -Overdoses of sleeping pills. |
| One woman aged 81 years -Gas poisoning. | ||
| Fire-arm shot | 1 | Man aged 21 years - Accident while gun being shown to a friened |
| 18 |