PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - K. Mackessack-Leitch
TI  - Domestic accidents: their cause and prevention
DP  - 1978 Jan 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 38--45
VI  - 28
IP  - 186
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/28/186/38.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/28/186/38.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1978 Jan 01; 28
AB  - The study of domestic accidents, which includes accidents in and around the home and in institutions, is of increasing importance. The mortality statistics are shown in Table 1. In 1974, 18,335 people died from accidents in the UK (RoSPA, 1974) equivalent to the population of a reasonably sized town. Accidents form one of the four main causes of death in this country and have become relatively more common in recent years. Analysis of the causes of home accidents make it possible to plan ways of preventing them. General practitioners and their colleagues in the primary health care team have the principal responsibility.