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Show MOST ACCIDENTS IN YOUR BEDROOM More serious accidents occur in your homes than on the highways and, still harder to believe the bed-rm.mmm., bed-rm.mmm., . room is the most Nj dangerous place in 'f -v the house for such 1 accidents, li",! 4FfJ In 1936, home ac- Of cidents caused 33,-T 33,-T 500 deaths and 170.- 'VC?'''' 4 000 8erious injurics while 37.800 were J. 1 A tJj killed a,,d 105'000 se" , Dr. NathanS. rieusly injured in the Davis III m"cn Publicized highway accidents. Mothers worry about their children chil-dren being injured on the highways while traveling to and from school, yet it is a fact that four times as many boys and girls are seriously hurt at home. j The most frequent of fatal accidents acci-dents for children under 15 years of age were burns and scalds. For those in the 25-64 age range, falls were the cause of nearly one-third of the deaths and in the older age group they were responsible for 75 per cent of the fatal accidents. Between Be-tween them, burns and falls cause two-thirds of the accidental deaths in the homes. j Of these deaths, 27 per cent occur oc-cur In the bedroom; 14 per cent in the living room; 13 per cent in the kitchen; 9 per cent on stairways; 7 per cent in the dining room; and 4 per cent in the bathroom. Other i places in the home account for 3 jper cent while only 23 per cent of these accidents occur on the grounds and outside of the house. Most common of home accidents re falls with burns and scalds a close second. Next in order are poisoning (gas excepted), absorption absorp-tion of poisonous gases, mechanical ! suffocation and accidents brought about by firearms. Bill-boards are used to show the i number of fatal and non-fatal accidents acci-dents in an area in comparison with a previous year. But who has ever I HOSPITALS and HOSPITAl BEDS I IN THE UNITED STATES A 1927 6.V37 HOSPIMtS 653,318 tEDS SSI lia L-Hr- II 1938 6, 1 46 HOSPITALS 1,141,380 BEDS 'seen a bill-board showing the number num-ber of fatal and non-fatal accidents caused by fails, burns, scalds and other home accidents? What judge has ever sent the mother of a child who has been slightly burned or, a youngster suffering suf-fering from a broken bone, to look at the pitifully burned, scarred and disabled children in a public hospital hos-pital or to see the fracture wards full of those injured in falls at home? Almost daily smashed cars are pictured in the newspapers but the rugs, stools and, yes, dogs, which many stumble and fall over with serious results do not appear in the press. Neither are there pictures of the dark stairs, the chairs and ' tables used as ladders, the broken steps, slippery floors and walks and other common causes of falls in the home. A good deal is written about the danger of scalds and burns and of deaths from poisonous gases, especially espe-cially carbon monoxide gas from automobile au-tomobile motors, but not nearly as much as about highway accidents. Perhaps one reason for this is that all automobile accidents are listed together whether they be those occurring oc-curring at railroad crossings, at highway intersections, between intersections in-tersections on highways, or jay walking or those caused by children running in front of slow moving cars. On the other hand home accidents ac-cidents are written separately, printed print-ed in various sections of the newspapers news-papers and, consequently, are not so noticeable. Twenty-eight safety rules for the home, which were prepared by the American Red Cross. National Safe-'ty Safe-'ty Council, Metropolitan Life Insurance Insur-ance company and others will be .furnished to all who send in a self-'addressed, self-'addressed, stamped envelope to Dr. Nathan S. Davis III. Winnetka, 111. i To one who waits for health, J a moment seems a year. a a QUESTION BOX Send qurstloni to Dr. Nathan S. Davh III, Winnetka. 111. iKnrloae a aelf-addreaed. atamped envelope. I Q. I am an expectant mother and have several teeth that need to come out. My dentist wants me to take gas. Will it have any effect on my baby if I do? Mrs. M. A. Taking gas will not have any effect on your baby unless It Is given for long period. Q Is there any permanent effect to be knocked unconscious? E. J. A. Sometimes there Is but more often no effects can be found. |