| Show Deaths in Home Mishaps I Decrease During 1950 A decrease in m accidental home deaths in m inthe the state during 1950 I was reported Thursday by the Utah Safety council Clarence Williams executive di director director director di- di rector council said the annual annual annual an an- nual report just completed shows a total of home deaths last year in m Utah compared with In 1919 And those deaths occurred in spite of the intensive work being being- done by the council to educate people on s safety a f e t y measures through schools T P-T TA P-TA A groups I and civic organizations Last year he stated safety meetings meeting were held throughout the state tate and thousands of pamphlets were distributed by the council Deaths Decreasing However Mr Williams stated 1 with the exception of accidental infant deaths which could be he avoided with a little more attention attention attention atten atten- tion by parents the number of home deaths is constantly de de- de- de creasing Everyone he added seems to be getting more home safety conscious I Falls as usual resulted in the I largest number of home deaths death i I last year three Thirty-three deaths re resulted re- re I suIted from falls on the same level and 31 resulted from falls fallsdown fallsdown fallsdown down stairs or off ladders chairs etc Fourteen died as a result re result result re- re sult of burns in the home eight all infants died of suffocation eight died after accidents with ith firearms nine drowned mostly in irrigation ditches ditche Causes Nine Deaths Choking caused nine deaths Eight of the choking cases all youngsters died after getting foreign foreign for for- eign substances caught in their I throats several of those were Infants in infants infants in- in who were unattended while drinking milk mille from a bottle boUle and choked to death One adult choked to death on a piece of off I meat One adult apparently fainted while taking a a. bath and drowned in the tub Another was struck by lightning lightning- while working working- in his yard Two were killed by failing falling falling fall fail ing objects one objects one by a up jacked car cai which fell Another a ch child fd I was killed when a wheeled two-wheeled r f trailer gave way Va and crushed it j jI I Rive five persons persona died of poisoning I I One child died after eating insecticide insecticide two children died after swallowing poisonous medicine and two adults accidentally took overdoses of sleeping drugs Hot clot Water ateI Fatalities I Two T persons were reported killed by hot water and steam burns Three were ere classified as I miscellaneous deaths I Mr Williams reported repotted that 11 children were run tun down by carsin cars carsi I In their driveways at home but they are arc not listed under home deaths They are considered inthe in inthe I the automotive death category |
