ARE HOME ACCIDENTS IN CHILDREN PREVENTABLE?

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A series of 491 nonfatal home accidents involving children, occurring in a 10 month period in the City of Rochester, New York, is presented. These accidents were obtained from hospital emergency rooms and investigated by the authors and Public Health Nurses. Of these 491 cases, 284, or 58%, were judged to be preventable. Reasonable supervision by an adult, and the use of ordinary precautions against accidents, were outstanding as means of prevention. The statistically typical accident involved a boy under the age of 5 years, who was playing in the porch and yard in the afternoon, who fell from a height and cut his head. No mechanical factors were involved, and an adult was at fault. Methods of prevention of accidents are discussed.

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