Show Governor Proclaims Home Safety Week Governor Maw has proclaimed the week of ot April 8 to 14 as Home Safety Week in Utah It is a fitting recognition of a a. problem which sadly needs greater public attention and interest t. t I Each year scores of ot die need need- needlessly needlessly needlessly lessly as the result of or accidents in tile home heme Hundreds are seriously Injured perhaps disabled for life Thousands suf sUl- suffer sUlfer fer len minor Injuries which require some medical attention or hospital treatment And the pitiful thing about it is that almost all of these accidents with their heartbreak their suffering their lost time timo their heavy cost could be avoided Tho The great majority of accidents in inthe Inthe Inthe the home are the result of sheer care care- carelessness slipping slipping on floors on stairs or orIn orIn In bathtubs stumbling over toys or other things left carelessly on dark stairways electrocutions or fires caused by the use of faulty appliances cords chords fixtures or wiring taking aking poison polson by mistake due to carelessness In properly marking or disposing of such potions falls from rickety ladders or stools ex explosions ex- ex explosIons resulting from the careless use of ot gasoline or the Improper care care of stoves These are some of the things usually Involving neglect or carelessness which cause accidents In the home At any time home accidents are a national tragedy and loss but they are doubly so In this critical war period when every man and woman Is Js needed to help win the war and when every everyday everyday day lost los from useful work is a lost day not Just to the Individual but to the nation The Tho effort erfort under the direction of the Utah Safety Council to call the atten atten- attention attention tion of all during this week of April 8 to 14 to the needless tragic toll tollof of home accidents is commendable It can easily bring about a very consid consid- considerable considerable erable enable decrease in the home accident acci ent toll In Utah for 1945 It will do Just that if it generally will heed the warn- warn warnIng of ot the safety council ann ani play It sate saxe in their homes this year |