Show Home e Safety Week April 8 to 14 r- r t Rn J 9 L L Li i FE SERVE 1101 II i Home Division Utah Safety Council Home accident fatalities and in injuries injuries injuries in- in juries cause enormous A waste aste of life and limb a staggering economic loss and sorrow and suffering that never can be measured In this thus country last year year 1941 1941 persons were killed in ia home accidents oth rs were injured and the cost reached It is estimated that more than I. I half of all fires occur in homes About are arc killed and about twice that number arc are injured every every ev ev- ery year Ian Many of the victims are arc or trapped by smoke fire gasses and flames ames I The majority pf home fires arc are I attributed to accumulation of oC rubbish rubbish rub rub- bish defective chimneys sparks on flammable roofs defective heating equipment electrical defects careless careless careless care care- less smoking smoking- and use of matches and flammable liquids Children should never be left leCt unattended even for a few minutes Death by fire is ms most tragic to say nothing of property loss Have you ou made a room by room check for safety of your our home re recently recently re re- I A few minutes of oC your our time lime may mean the sa in saving of your home or a loved one from a horrible horrible horrible hor hor- death That is the national picture Unfortunately Un Un- fortunately the State of oC Utah had hada hadz a z part in this drab story of human tra tragedy of our citizens were killed in the home in the state b by accident and suffered disabling disabling dis dis- dis- dis abling injuries with an estimated economic loss of durin during the year 1941 During the week April 8 to 14 1 the Home Division of the Utah Safety Council assisted by the American American Am Am- Red Cross Relief Society and MIA 1 of oC the IDS Church I Catholic Diocesan of oC Utah Jewish V Welfare fare Association Utah Ministerial Ministerial Ministerial Minis Minis- Association Public Vel Welfare rare Department Public Health Nurses Association Teachers Parent Association Asso Asso- Women's Safety Council of Utah Utah Federated Women's Clubs and other service groups I pledge e themselves to an intensified pro program ram of cooperative effort efort and education cation in home accident I tics Even tho gh our cur national records records records rec rec- I show a 6 per cent decrease from 1913 in home fatalities the toll toIl is still far too high to be tolerated when proved methods of reducing these thes needless casualties are available 1 The important liming is that our fellow human beings were so recklessly sacrificed Accidents wreck saVin savings s and bank accounts and divert salaries and wa wages ravages eg from normal channels of trade c and business A Accidents fill hospital beds deplete depete hospital and in increase increase increase in- in crease charity demands Acc lents cause poverty hardship hard hard- I ship md discomfort and the they t leave i scars on the family family family fam fam- ily of the victim and victim and too often on the future of our pur children A A- 1 final finally I v se affect our war tion pru-tion u-tion u efforts j particular particularly lar- lar ly Jy y when the breadwinner bread r Is the victim Accidents to workers alone alono in 1 1011 1911 H caused widespread absenteeism absen absen- the the equivalent of a million i imen men out of work ork for a whole year I And highly si is the fret f-ct workers ers occurred of the job job on on our cur streets ts and in in our homes Mrs Geor George e P. P urk P.-urk Parker r Dire Dire tor of the Home Horne Division is IS chairman of If the committee cr Home HomeS S Safety Week assisted by the fo for fol- O JH r representatives cs ELLEN ULLEN Jil ANDERSON Grants g MRS MUM GEORGE ORGE BAGLIN DAGUN Salt Lake urns tillS An AUK ADM CUB Salt Lal Lake MR sins MRS DONALD w ROSE EOSE Soil Luke Lake tInS MRS ANN nORO nORe Salt Rit Lake JIRS ms J. J S. S s ak t MRS HARRISON L. L nEAN BEAN Salt Liil MRS E. E G. G STEIN Salt Lake MRS MUS S. S A. A COTTERELL Salt Lake MRS WILLIAM WILLIA I H. H FOLLAND Salt Lake AIn MR SHERMAN 1 T. T HUNTER Salt L Lake o |