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Stepney 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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. Table 5.

HOME ACCIDENT CASES - REPORTED BY THE LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE

	1960		1959		1958		1957
Accidents due to Falls.	London	Divn.5	London	Divn.5	London	Divn.5	London	Divn.5
On stairs	1221	69	1175	42	1235	76	1258	102
From ladder	113	1	134	2	119	5	129	7
From chair	199	7	237	15	233	20	219	14
Outside(i.e.windows,balconies,roofs,etc.)	234	4	300	21	210	10	236	19
In garden	251	8	305	4	294	8	258	12
In bath	18	1	27	1	19	1	23	1
From one level to another (i.e. tables, boxes, beds, etc.)	348	19	386	28	385	28	371	39
On same level (i.e. in room, over objects)	888	32	1004	47	972	51	607	29
Unspecified	2868	162	2369	124	2096	107	2208	135
TOTAL DUE TO FALLS:	6140	303	5937	284	5563	306	5309	358
Other Accidents.
Hit by object ..	184	8	172	13	127	11	126	3
Scalding from objects on cooking stove (saucepans, water, fats, etc.)	108	1	125	3	95	5	84	6
Scalding from teapot	53	4	55	4	56	1	56	2
Other boiling water	129	1	134	6	158	8	194	10
Electric shock	26	3	26	2	17	3	19	4
Poisoning (including foreign objects)	318	15	255	11	241	16	306	11
Gassing	137	12	188	23	130	12	102	8
Knife-like wounds (including spikes and cuts from glass)	321	11	327	11	315	13	345	21
Fires	141	11	128	15	163	9	128	8
Windows (trapping)	47	2	34	1	48	3	45	l
Suffocation	17	1	21	3	20	3	19	1
Unspecified	326	25	412	22	411	25	385	15
TOTAL OTHER ACCIDENTS:	1807	94	1877	114	1781	109	1809	90
TOTALS - ALL ACCIDENTS:	7947	397	7814	398	7344	415	7118	448