Show plan for fo 1 r safety safe t Y in coni communities M uniti es organize to cut down an nual toll of deaths and accidents BY C B president national safety council chicago every community con contris contrib trib tes its quota to the yearly total of 1 accident fatalities and the lie toll continues to increase year by year twenty thousand of the victims ore are children twenty thousand men worn wom en and children are killed in automo bile accidents in a year twenty thousand more meet death by accident in their homes the injured and crippled run into the millions each year these are re facts the of which Is wore inore poignant when it Is realized that it at least 75 per cent of all accidents are avoidable aware of menace communities ties fast becoming aware of the menace of the ho avoidable accident tire are organizing themselves into effective afflictive associations known as aa community safety countus to work tor for the prevention of accidents there ore are now over GO cities in tills country with active councils studying accident hazards solving safety problems tind and Sp spreading accident prevention In fornia lion ion and education into factories imes and schools tile the public laffity activities of the tY safety councils include instruction in public and parochial al schools it Is estimated that more than children ore are now recO receiving safety education as part of heir school work organization ol of highway safety committees tile the ing or of bulletin boards and the posting of public safety brill bulletins eting lie allm or of raffle hazards law enforce mant conducting schools school 4 for automobile drivers fire prevention home hoine safety childrens chil drena activities safety drivers clubs water life saving and others isy BY schools for safety supervisors clr grat t aid courses fire prevention courses mass injecting for tir s for ni and executives organization of safety committees plant visits tin and ln inspection and other menna the he corini unity safety council hiis has become a vehicle for accident prevention work in tile the industrial plants of the among tile the c cl Vs s showing a reddic lion hon in 1024 through the ilia efforts of community safety councils were the following 1923 1933 1924 baltimore 90 0 I 1 03 63 45 it lochester 0 cheater chester 13 33 11 M memphis county 46 16 25 chattanooga so 30 18 16 cleveland ISO cincinnati county battle creek 28 22 is 11 Stra syracuse cuse SO is denver 41 sa newark 10 lot portland ore county as 83 2 tulsa so 0 21 T bri a 8 1 16 5 st P paul 65 6 62 2 ft wayne 19 13 beloit 1 0 in grand rapids atlanta v ton on and boston the safety campaigns reduced accidents during the first 11 months but totals tor for the year have not yet been computed the exper lenco of these cities has fit furnished a part partial lill yet convincing demonstration of what can be done one when the whole community Is organized to combat the waste of human life through preventable accidents |