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/ Lead Toys--Lead Paint-- Lead Poisoning Thedeathof sixChicago children from lead poisoning in a two-weekperiodcallsattentiontoa problemwhichmust bemet now-- before Christmas toys are pur chased. The Chicago coroner's of ilneada gcehtisld'isntmootuhtehbrleopoedataenddly,thtehne cirneeatpochhathliettihbse,onabersfa.oinrIm,nscooafmusseilnecgeapseilnesgaidtsmiceakny ness. fice said that the poisonings were According to the Chicago cor ctoayussemdabdye opfutlteinadgoinrtopatihnetedmowuitthh leadpaints. The seriousness of this problem oner'sofficeit isdifficulttodiagnose lead poisoningin children. X-rays oblfoothdetebsotns,esmaunsdt sbkeulml,aadse.weSlolmaes should not be minimized. In one large Chicagohospital--CookCoun ty Hospital--55 deaths from lead symptoms maybepresent, however, soufchbaeshaivrriiotra,bilpiteyr,siaspteanthty,vcohmaintginegs poisoning have taken place during and, eventually, convulsions. Chil the past five years. At the Chil drenseemtobemoresusceptibleto dren's Hospital in Philadelphia 74 small quantitiesof leadthanadults. childrensufferingfromleadpoison Yet the poisoning is more quickly ingwereadmittedduringaneight- recognizedinadults, for ablueline yearperiod. on the gums will reveal it. The menace of lead poisoning is Whileit mayseemthat furniture mbneoocwraeutshseaenroiofiuttshheaasmnbdieliemtnaoriyrnecmwhaaindrayecsytpeerraeraosdf, acnoadtedwowoidtwholrekada-cboonuttentthelachqouuesres,, enamels or paints, mayconstitutea children'stoys. Thecountersofde greater hazard than toys, actually partment stories and variety stores bristle with toy soldiers, cannons, tanks, jeeps, battleships and the it has been found that this is not true. The greatest, hazard lies in toys small enough to be placed in like, many of them fabricated of lead, and many of them colored wiWthhleeands-buacshetpoayisnthsa.ve-beenplaced the/mouth or at least light enough stourbfaecpeisckesudcuhpaasndthliocskeedo. fPacinritbesd, cradles, play pens and beds also may'constitute a hazard in this resRpeepcuttable manufacturers of toys annond-pcohiislodnreonu'ss ecqouloiprminegntanudseloanbleyl their products accordingly. Students who purchase toys for yshoouunlgderwacthcihldrcenarefiunllytheforfamsuiclhy labelsorcertifications. Theyshould avoid die purchase of any toys made of lead or painted with sub stances containing white lead, lead chromateor other leadcompounds. They should help teach younger brothers and sisters that toys and similarobjectsshouldnot beplaced inthemouth. unJduenrtiaokre sthafeetyeduccaotuinocnilsofmthigehirt ttfhheelelyowsmuibsgjtheuctdteevntetosnpibnreetphtaaisrkeernbesuplilenecttoti,nsatnhodne home. Theschool papermight also call attentiontothedanger. Not only should new toys be purchased with care, but toys al ready in the home should be in spectedtomakesure theyare safe. The best thing to do with lead toys is to throw them into the neighborhoodscrapsalvageheap. \ AOccctoidbeenrtBIrnicnrgesase to class rMooamny' wteoarckherlsasrtetumrnoninthg found considerable changes involv ing new teaching problems. In creases in enrollments occurred in war production areas. Currently there is much greater interest in vocational classes innearlyall high schools. These, andothershiftsac companying the nation's change over towarwork, increasetheneed for effective safetyeducation work -and doubletheneedfor up-to-date, accurate information on accidents. Problems will vary greatly from one community to another. This will meangreater attention toacci- dpreenvtenrteicoonrdasctiivnitiepsla.nning accident OctoberAccidents It maybehelpful at this time to summarizetheprincipal factsabout student accidents in October, as shown by reports for past years. This will provide a background of "normal" experience against which toviewthecurrent month's records. October has usually been the peakmonth for student accidents. School building accidents occur half again more frequentlythan in iSnecprteeamsebeisr.inAvolcaartgioenaslhsahreopoafndthiins gymnasium accidents. Vocational shop accidents are important only inthe junior andsenior high school grades. Gymnasium accidents oc- cur with greatest frequency from the sixth through the eleventh grades. Onschool grounds, football acci dents ordinarily make up more than a third of the total and are particularly important in the high schoolgrades. Home accidents account for about a third of the accidents in each grade up to the fifth. From the fifthgrade through highschool they are of decreasing importance. Accidents away from school or homeincreaseinfrequencythrough out theelementarygrades, thende crease in the high school grades. Motor vehicles or bicycles are in volved in about a third of these accidents. , . ^ e&t r\ 7 y ~7 N22101 and climbing, in addition to those NovemberDangerZones field test and comments to accom Amtetnentitoionendsahboouvlde ninex"totbheergihvoemnet.o" gthoeindga-ntog-earnsdo-ffr"oomth-secrh"oaoclc--idpernitmsain rilyscufflingwithcompanions, and falls at home. Next in importance Frequency group ratings of stu dent accident dangerzonesfor No vember reflect the seasonal trend ttioownrsdfrtohme itnhdisoomros.veUmneunstuaarlevsoamriae panylanternslides. Further information about the manual maybeobtainedbywriting toJhe Bureau of Public Service painingat theaboveaddress. timesdiscernible. Notetheaccident are those indicatedas "3,"andthen thoselistedas fourthinfrequency. Similarly, the danger zones of school buildings and playgrounds can be methodically reduced. In fdsiterrsputacrttowmrisethnatnsdthasenudpgearrcvetaiisvtoeitsristesoifncvcainadreidoneucaesl (school grade) of accidents within theirjurisdiction. OctoberFatalities Not necessarilytypicalofstudent fatalities that mayoccurduringthe Hallowe'en month, but a grim re minder that death took no holiday during October of 1942, are the fatalities reported by cooperating schAoo1l0s-yysetaerm-osl.dgirl got off aschool bthuespaantdhorafnaatrruocukn.dTbwehoinbdoyist dinietod gfrroamderf,alflrsafcrtoumredtreheiss.skOunlel;,aasthixirtdh-grade lad cut his arm and suc cumbed fromthe resulting tetanus infection. After school one day a boy, age 9, was handlinga gun at home. It accidentally discharged. Hurrying to school the daybefore Hallowe'en, two high-school girls werekilledbyatrainwhilecrossing railroadtracks. These six student fatalities pre sent a silent challenge to every teacher. They are illustrative of the manner in which, by national estimate, about 500children5to14 years of age met accidental death inOctober, 1942. NovemberTrend The 1942 Thanksgiving-month accident rate was appropriately downfromOctoberandslightlybe gradings on school ground appar tus for first through the four gabrasednecepuopfilsdaansgceormgpraadreidngwsiitnh tthhee same portion of the table for Oc tober. NovemberFatalities Student fatalities in November last year meant little Thanksgiving for at least threehomes inthejur isdictionof school systems reporting totheNational SafetyCouncil. The circumstances of these deaths dif fered entirely fromthose reported inOctober. beAhinsdecaoncadr-girnadaepbriovyatweadsripvleawyianyg. Twhase cfaartalblayckcerdusohuetd,.anAd tkheindbeory garten four-year-old received fatal burns whenher dress caught fireat --hhiotamche-hhigiokhne-edscaheorvoiedlnei,nfwrge.isthhmSonaoenm--oefritbdhoienymgs tohnrowthneorfufnannidngfrabcotaurrde.d hHiseskwualsl onthepavement. To eliminate serious accidents we must direct our efforts toward preventing all accidents. The near accidents and the minor injuries might be fatal next time. The na tional estimateof accidental deaths inthe5-14agegroupfor November isagainabout 500. DCirvivileiar'ns CDoeufernsese "Civilian Defense Drivers aIns1t5r2u-cptaogre'smMimaneuoaglr"apishethdeptuitbhlNicfsi^f tionpreparedbytheOfficeof War EonrroLreiandRPeopisoortning Last October, under the heading, "Lead Toys--Lead Paint --Lead cat ion qPuooitseodninthge," CShaicfaegt oy cEodruo ner's officeas saying that six Chi cago children had died of lead poisoningwithinatwo-weekperiod and that in Cook County Hospital a total of 55deaths fromleadpoi soning had taken place in a five- yearperiod. The report on which this article was based was erroneous. Safet y Educat ion regrets the error and is gladtomake this correction. The sixdeaths actually occurred overafive-yearperiod, oneof them fromsuckingon a lead toy soldier, and the other five frominhalingthe fumes of storage battery cases which were being burned as fuel. Duringthesamefive-yearperiod55 cases of children suffering from lead poisoning wer-_ reported in CookCounty. Thisisnot intendedtoimplythat there isnodanger of leadpoisoning when children repeatedly place in their mouths objects made of lead or coatedwithlead-basepaints, but simply to point out that the inci denceof fatalitiesisnot asgreat as originallyreportedandthat mostof the fatal cases in the,Chicagoarea resulted from the inhalation of fumes fromburning battery cases, rather than fromthe ingestion of paint. Completedataon thecauses of thenom-fatal casesarenot avail able. low the annual average. With a Training Programs, New York rate of 11.63 accidents per 100,000 StateWarCouncil. Themanualhas rochial School Safety ^ svteumdebnetr-wdaayss,13thpeerdceecnrte.ase for No bueteednbpyubtlhieshBeduraenaduiosfbPeuinbglicdiSsterrivb Safety was included id the 34thAnnual Teachers Institute Mostly because of seasonal ice Training, State Education De of the Parochial Schools, Archdio weather conditions that resulted in partment, 353 Broadway, Albany, ceseof Boston, heldat BostonCol lteiesss esxhpoowsuerde, dmeoclsitneosu,tdwooitrhacotinvliy home accidents reflecting an in crease. School buildings and going-to-and-from-school rates re mainedthesameasinOctober. NewYork. The manual contains four main sections: (1) Suggestions for start ing the class; (2) lesson reference texts; (3) homestudyoutlinesand guides; and (4) suggestions for a legeHigh School August 23 to27. HMoismseRuanthdES.cLhoeoDl oSuaxf(eDtyi,reMctaosrsoaf c"hSuasfeetttys SEadfuectaytioCnounDcuilr,insgpokWeaorn time." N22101.01 /