Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-07 | Page 8 | Daily Health Service

Daily Health Service Accidents Peril Tired Child By DR DB MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the he American Med Med- Icid Association and of yela 4 the Health Magazine l In 1930 over children were killed In accidents In the United States and a large number were se seriously seriously seriously se- se Injured In a recent report of ot the subject Dr H. H J. J Stack points out that children chil dren cren who are worried about affairs at nt It home or at school are to accidents than those who are not Tired children are also peculiarly peculiarly peculiarly pe pe- pe- pe liable to accidents An in investigation In- In made in New York Cit City that accidents to children on the city streets arc are of maximum in incidence incidence in- in In the hours of the late aI af- af I This is of course the time when children are comm home from school or else when they are playing in n the street The morning hours involve just as much walking on the Streets as do the hours In the afternoon after after- noon Joon but In the afternoon period the children arc tired and responses are slower Blower and senses arc are less acute and andI I their heir judgment of distances and of time ime and their coordination are dis- dis In hi his investigation Dr Stack found that nil all normal children love adventure and unless this craving is supplied by suitable competitive sport port under controlled conditions by scouting by camping football or orsome orsome some ome similar activity the child chUd is likely to get his thrills by hitching sunning running across the street jumping from high places or similar perform perform- ances anceL w I The method of teaching apparently I most successful in causing children to o avoid oid accidents is the demonstration tion method with an artificial acci- acci dent In the place of such demonstrations demonstrations demonstrations demon demon- an effective substitute is s the he story lesson with the demonstration tion lion of the effect of ot wron wrong action An interesting observation is the fact that accidents occur just as f frequently Ire Ire- re to the more intelligent children children children chil chil- dren as to the less intelligent The intelligent quotients as determined by intelligence tests do not seem to offer a criterion of behavior in an ax actual situation There are two ways in which the incidence of accidents may be at attacked attacked attacked at- at tacked 1 through education education- o of those who are the subjects of the accidents 2 through control o otho of th tho those e who are likely to cause acci dents Motorists particularly th the drivers of ot trucks must be taught to respect signs indicating the neighborhood neigh neigh- neighborhood of ot a school or a childrens children's playground