| Show how safe are you at T ome aed choss bams of f W W J e V A X 1 ff 1 IS r IM 1 Z r 1 el V Z e I 1 A 11 1 11 1 Z 1 T A jot A 1 J 1 loose rug at top of stairs is a dangerous hazard 2 keep medicine cabinets locked or out of reach of youngsters 3 teach children not to put safety pins or other small objects in their mouths 4 good luck if you hang it up but bad luck if you step on the nails in this horseshoe the month of october athe the american red cross will carry a safety message into ten million homes and farms throughout the nation urging a checkup check up on accident hazards do you know these hazards how safe are you at home do you know that deaths from injuries on the farm are steadily increasing what are the causes these are a few of 0 the questions the homo home and farm accident prevention service of tho the red cross will nill send into homes on an accident check list to ho be distria through chapters by millions of school children and ana members of the junior red cross and the answers are arc provided on the check list too national attention was concentrated on tile the home and farm accident problem in 1935 36 by tho red cross in that year men women and children lost their lives in homo home accidents which were largely preventable in 1937 this toll of life was reduced and only lives were sacrificed to carelessness the spread of knowledge on hazards which were subject to correction was everywhere credited with this cut in the death toll the 1937 deaths from home accidents were divided as follows according to the na national dional safety council falls hums burns and explosions poisonings poison ings 1700 firearms mechanical suffocation 1000 poison gases 1100 the red cross appeals to those in the home and on the farm to carefully check hazards which may exist inside and outside their houses and perhaps savo save a life or prevent a lifelong injury |
