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W754” ~ teat; r -mbers of lhe Women's Institute panel, “Safety Sense = i the Sixties." Left to right: Mrs. P. Y. McCondless, . i of a child‘s reach. “Some adult smokers are t eless with matches too," said Mrs. Thompson. ‘ nokers have a special responsibility to see that i ches and cigarette butts are safely disposed of i never to smoke in bed. One way that we can it .p is to have plenty of good. substantial ash l 5 around." lrs. Thompson also spoke of the dangers of .: dental poisoning. Every home. she said, should Ii -.: a First Aid Kit and a medicine cabinet with LI \i of poison antidotes on the inside of the d If medicines are removed from the original | miner to another container. this should be a" sly labelled. Among the poisons that have !- ii accidentally taken by children. Mrs. Thompâ€" - named drugs and medicine in bottles. pills. . rin. sleeping pills. nail polish remover. hair it in; household cleaners such as lye. ammonia. ‘ rig acids. furniture polish. metal cleaners. ture 1‘ me. moth balls. laundry bleaches. disintece i. -. All of these should be kept in cupboards ~ irely locked. Veterinary supplies. whether they .i. kept in the house or the barn should be t' I'!’ lock and key if there are children around. its. Thompson concluded: “If we would only i: ember the slogan ‘Accidents do not happen: ll are caused.’ we would be alert to the causes in :ecidents and would take all possible measâ€" ir - to prevent them." Other Hazards in the Home its. P. Y. McCandless, F.W.[.O. Public Rela- liI ‘ Officer. said that while the greatest number 01 ccidents in the home occur in the kitchen and lb‘ most common home accidents come from lh‘ .. the most dangerous place for falls seems 10 “e on the stairs to the basement. The most P' lical precautions are to have the stairway \n i lighted, and equipped with a handrail. or if th; is impossible to have a strong cord stretched 'dl' ‘ig the wall. Paint the bottom step whiIE. a “l' '5 Strip on the top stair will help too. If the While at the top of the stairway is not quilt: high enough for the. tallest person in the house. It a good idea to paint black and white strips acres the top. Broken steps should be repaired immediately. As a safeguard against going up and down stairs with both hands carrying things. SUMMER 1960 Mrs. L. G. Lymburner, Mrs. James Hoggerty, Chairman, and Mrs. E. V. Thompson. make it a practice to use a shopping bag. or a market basket. and to hold onto the hand rail. Mrs. McCandless reported a case of a woman falling on a stair viith a broken step and no handrail. having a hip broken. and three months in hospital. coding aitogether $3.6M). Fortunately a considerable part of this was paid by insurance, Mrs. \lcCandless explained. and she added: “The basement Stairs \i ere repaired right and} Another expensive full had been caused by stairs being highly waned and polished with a skidding scatter rug ill the foot. "Stairs should he only lightly tuned and the wax \hould be well rubbed in." Mrs. McCundleSs said. “and scatter rugs curt be anchored so that they won‘t Slip by sewing or glucing rubber jar rings on the underâ€" side at each corner. or by brushing on a non- skid backing. When buying a new scatter rug. get one with a non-skid bucking." Precautionary measures uere suggested to preâ€" vent accidents in the bathroom: Place a rubber mat in the boltom of the tub especially if there are elderly people in the house. For elderly people a hand rail should he provided as a help in getting in and out of the tub. Portable heaters and radios should never be taken into the bath- room‘flimsy garments might catch fire from the heater. and to insert electric plugs. while in the enter in the tub might cause electrocution. Never leave a small child in the tub for even one min- ute;he may turn on the hot water and get scaldcd or slip down in the tub and drown. Other home Safety measures given by Mrs. Mc- Candless included: Where there are children, Window screens should be securely fastened. so that a child cannot fall out when the window is open. If an elderly or lame person in the home uses a cane. see that it has a vacuum cap on the tip to prevent slipping. Electric cords should not pass under rugs. If extension cords are used they should be fastened along the baseboard with insiilzued staples. Make it a rule of the house that no one shall smoke in bed. Many houses have been burned and many lives have been lost because a smoking cigarette dropped into the bedding and smouldered unnoticed until the whole place caught fire. Keep plastic bags _out ofthe reach of childrenâ€"the plastic is so thin that it IS 19