Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Table XV Home Accidents, 1953
Age | Nature of Injury | Cause of Injury | Known to have Died, i.e. in hospital, at home |
---|---|---|---|
4 years | Burn | Iron | |
4 years | Burn | Poker | |
2 years | Scald | Teapot | |
1 year | Burn | Milk | |
1 year | Burn | Tea | |
2 years | Injury to left eye | Crockery | |
75 years | Burn | Clothes caught fire | |
16 years | Burn | Fire | West Middlesex Hospital |
80 years | Cut head | Fell down stairs | |
3i years | Concussion | Fall | |
80 years | Fractures | Fell down stairs | |
68 years | Fractures | Fell out of bed | Hillingdon Hospital |
81 years | Fractures | Fall | |
4 years | Foreign body in ear | Not known | |
80 years | Fractures | Fell out of bed | |
90 years | Fractures | Fell down stairs | Hillingdon Hospital |
69 years | Haemorrhage of brain | Fall | King Edward's Hospital |
70 years | Burn | Saucepan of water | |
72 years | Injured back | Fall | |
63 years | Fractured skull | Fall | |
86 years | Concussion | Fall | |
3 years | Burn | ||
2 years | Scratched by dog | ||
3i years | Lacerated lip | Fall | |
77 years | Fractured femur | Fall | |
2 years | Camphorated oil poisoning | ||
15 years | Fracture | Fall | |
56 years | Scald | Cup of water | |
1 year | Burn | Electric iron | |
92 years | Bruising | Fall | |
34 years | Scald | Boiling kettle | |
71 years | Fractured femur | Fall | |
5 years | Cut head | Fall | |
63 years | Fracture | Fell on stairs | |
3 years | Fracture | Fell on kerb | |
9 years | Barbiturate poisoning | ||
48 years | Barbiturate poisoning | ||
1 year | Burn | Fell on electric fire | |
65 years | Bruise | Fall | |
86 years | Dislocation | Fall | |
73 years | Wound of hand | Chopping firewood | |
14 months | Burn | Electric fire |