INJURIES RECEIVED IN ACCIDENTS
AVERAGE OF TEN PERSONS A WKHK AT HOSPITAL An average of about 10 persons a week went to the Christchurch Public Hospital with accidental injuries during the last year, from December 1, 1932, to November 30, 1933. The total number of patients was 499. The table below shows the means by which the injuries were received: —
Cutting or piercing instrument 52 Machinery .. 21 Blow or fall .. 2i:s C rush in.t; ..14 Firearms l! Animals .. 4 Motor . . 124 Train nv tram 9 Athletics .. 27 Bicycle ♦>2 Other means f) Total ..499
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21050, 29 December 1933, Page 10
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