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The number of cases taken by ambulance to hospital for
'poisoning' also increased by over three times and showed an increase
from 13 to 40 in children under five years of age, one of
whom died.
This means that home safety publicity and education must be
revised and greater concentration given to it. In the future experiments
to find more effective ways of preventing many of
these avoidable injuries and tragedies must be attempted.
Tables are given in the Appendix, page 129.