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In 1960 the number of cases removed to hospital by the
London Ambulance Service from the area of the Borough as a
result of a home accident was 443.
Home accident cases removed by ambulance during the
year from this area indicate that about three-quarters
of the serious home accidents were caused by falls in or
around the home. These included falls on stairs, from
ladders, from chairs, and in the garden.
Other home accident cases treated during the year
included accidents from burns and scalds received from the
use of the cooking stove and boiling water, from domestic
fires, and from the teapot. Patients with knife-like
wounds and suffering from poisoning, including gas poisoning,
were also treated at the local hospitals.
During the year, in furtherance of the need to give
greater publicity to the home accident problem, over 200
local organisations were circularised as to their possible
assistance in the distribution of Home Safety material.
Nearly 70 replies were received, yielding a total demand
for over 10,000 leaflets. Arrangements were put in hand
for the supply of the necessary material.
Early in the year, with the co-operation of the W.V.S.,
the leaflet "How to Avoid Falls" was distributed to local
pensioners' clubs to bring home the danger, particularly
to the elderly, of this type of home accident.
The Council also took part in the Autumn Home Safety
Campaign, and, with the assistance of supplies from the
London County Council, over 2,000 leaflets dealing with
falls and poisoning were distributed to local practitioners'
surgeries and factories, workshops, etc. In addition,
posters were displayed on many sites.
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
The following diseases are compulsorily notifiable
in the Borough:—
Anthrax, Cholera, Diphtheria, Dysentery,
Encephalitis (Acute), Erysipelas, Enteric Fever,
Food Poisoning, Leprosy, Malaria, Measles,
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