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Stepney 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table 5

HOME ACCIDENT CASES REPORTED BY THE LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE

Accidents due to Falls	1962		1961		1960		1959
Accidents due to Falls	London	Divn.5	London	Divn.5	London	Divn.5	London	Divn.5
On stairs	998	57	1119	65	1221	69	1175	42
From ladder	101	2	111	4	113	1	134	2
From chair	149	8	174	15	199	7	237	15
Outside (i.e. windows,balconies,roofs,etc.)	198	10	217	12	234	4	300	21
In garden	219	4	227	11	251	8	305	4
In bath	23	2	15	2	18	1	27	1
From one level to another (i.e. tables, boxes, beds, etc.)	434	20	412	15	348	19	386	28
On same level (i.e. in room, over objects)	751	31	920	40	888	32	1004	47
Unspecified	3692	164	3261	170	2868	162	2369	124
Total due to Falls	6565	298	6456	334	6140	303	5937	284
Other Accidents
Hit by object	221	12	202 j	5	184	8	172	13
Scalding from - teapot	53	2	45	1	53	4	55	4
objects on cooking stove	136	5	123	4	108	1	125	3
Other boiling water	179	8	151	6	129	1	134	6
Electric shock	22	2	39	3	26	3	26	2
Poisoning (including foreign objects)	340	10	338	12	318	15	255	11
Gassing	192	17	165	14	137	12	188	23
Knife-like wounds (including spikes and cuts from glass)	326	13	337	24	321	11	327	11
Fires	185	8	178	16	141	11	128	15
Windows (trapping)	29	2	42	-	47	2	34	1
Suffocation	31	2	18	2	17	1	21	3
Unspecified	328	14	337	19	326	25	412	22
Total Other Accidents	2042	95	1975	106	1807	94	1877	114
TOTAL - ALL ACCIDENTS	8607	393	8431	440	7947	397	7814	398