HC Deb 24 March 1960 vol 620 c63W
70. Captain Orr

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department

DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME AND RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS, 1958. ENGLAND AND WALES
Causes of death
Accidental poisoning by solid and liquid substances … … 235
Accidental poisoning by gases and vapours … … 888
Fall on stairs … … 853
Fall from ladders … … 37
Other falls from one level to another … … 372
Fall on same level … … 1,543
Unspecified falls … … 1,482
Accident caused by electric current … … 54
Accident caused by fire and explosion of combustible material … … 579
Burns by clothing … … 317
from domestic fire (open) … … 127
gas fire, stove, etc … … 35
electric fire … … 51
other specified … … 57
not specified … … 47
Burns by falling into fire … … 72
Burns by conflagration … … 79
Burns by other specified means … … 98
Burns by means not specified … … 13
Accident caused by hot substance, corrosive liquid, and steam … … 122
Inhalation and ingestion of food causing obstruction or suffocation … … 327
Accidental mechanical suffocation in bed and cradle … … 178
Accidental drowning and submersion … … 65
Other accidents … … 266
All accidents in the home and residential institutions … … 7,001