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The majority of these accidents were on the two main roads through Southall which
carry a very heavy traffic. The Road Safety Committee of the Borough Council maintains a
full programme of education in road safety in which the Metropolitan Police take an active
part. The Southall school children receive constant training and exhortation on the use of
roads and the fact that no child was killed on the Southall roads may perhaps be considered a
successful result of the work done, but 55 injured children is serious enough to emphasize the
need for constant care on the roads by all road users.
HOME ACCIDENTS
The results of home accidents as of road accidents constitute a very high proportion of
the mortality and morbidity of the population throughout the country and, as every home
accident is preventable, the failure to prevent them is a constant reproach to all concerned
with the health of the people. Education and example are the only weapons in the warfare
against carelessness in the home, and so from time to time poster and leaflet campaigns are
carried out on particular topics of home safety, such as the prevention of fire burns by the use
of suitable guards, and the need for satisfactory and safe electrical and gas appliances and
fittings, the keeping of dangerous drugs and poisons out of the reach of children, the care of
polished floors which can endanger the elderly, etc. It is a fact that the very young and the
very old are the greatest sufferers from home accidents and it is encumbent on those who care for them
to keep them away from danger.

The number who died as a result of accident other than motor vehicle accident rose
from 10 in 1955 to 17 in 1956 and of these accidental deaths 9 occurred at home.