| Show MOST ACCIDENTS IN HOMES majority of injuries can be traced to the carelessness of individuals the 11 safety first movement thor Is ordinarily dina rily understood to mean caution in public in crossing streets or boarding cars or carefulness in the factory in handling tools or machinery but according to the report of the coroner of cook county illinois there Is more need for safety first methods in the home than in the street or factory in 11 years of the chicago coroners incumbency the total number of deaths by acel accident delit investigated by his office was of these were accidents at home and outside the home most of the accidents at home are traceable to carelessness burns and scalds caused many deaths asphyxia ton tion poisoning suffocation falls exposure and neglect careless use of matches firearms gas and oil stoves gasoline liquid stove polish defective stovepipes stove pipes and flues soot etc cost thousands of lives in cook county la in 1015 children under five years of age were killed by scalds and burns |
