FALLING OUT OF BED
CAUSE OF NINETY-TWO DEATHS, i ’ — LONDON, March 6. Ninety-two people died in 1934 through falling out of bed. This was disclosed at a meeting in London of | the National Safety First Association, when it was also stated that there tire 18,000 accidental deaths in Britain 'every year. Seven thousand were reported to
have been caused on the roads; 2,000 in industry, and the remaining 9,000 in tile home or during everyday pursuits. The number of men and boys killed accidentally each year was said to be twice' that of women and girls. IZeut.-Colonel .1. A. A. Pickard, general secretary of the association, raid with regard to road deaths that between (lie ages of two and eight was the most 'dangerous among children. This period rose to its peak between five and six years.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 May 1936, Page 10
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