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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 742, 2 October 1953, Page 2

ISSUED B Y THE NEW ZEALAND DEPT: 0F HEALTH IN ONE YEAR, 680 New Zealanders were seriously burned in the home: 480 of these were under school age. For every Person fatally hurt four others were Permanently disabled. NoT ONE OF THESE ACCIDENTS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED The causes were unguarded fires, radiators and hot stoves; and scalding from boiling liquids. In cold weather keep your house warm, but also see that t is SAFE Keep your fires well guarded See" that pots and kettles cannot be pulled off the Stove: Don t drink hot liquids while holding 4 baby. Make sufe that drugs, poisons, disinfectants and IN BRITAIN : In 1951 accidents in the household cleansers are WELL home and residential institu- LABELLED and OUT OF tions caused 5,467 deaths , REACH of children . of people of all ages--1,063 of them were children under I5. POLISHED FLOORS and IN U.SA:: LOOSE RUGS can be danger- One person is killed QC ous, particularly to the elderly cidentally in the homte every and t0 children. 16 mainutes ond one is per manently disabled every Keep all sharp objects where four minutes. toddlers cannot Pet theru . THESE ACC IDENT $ MERE PREYENTABLE bf lis right on , injires Kabah hock Wh drekn Kiexterday Is YOUR 're (e; rtery iu receird Ktist 9 0'Ro GelFp (Kctempy home fo home Fatal Burn_ haenger? ) Children In Sevrerely burned op Tuesu: children Tere trapped in qling bou Ja