Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-17
DELAWARE SHOWS
FEWER ACCIDENTS
The Falling Off. c. w. Price Says,
is Due to State Safety Coun-
ellis Campaign.

wsre Safety Council. he SAID: II nave
ins, received a report issued 10y the Deia-
ware Safety Council showing deaths from
accidents for the years 1917, l9lN' IVY
and 1920 for the state oi Delaware auu
fur Wilmington only -
4 note the report from Delaware III
tp1O shows "a reduction over l9l. oi 90
nor cent This Is a most remarkable rec
,,d and - unmistakahle proof that some
th,nv has happened ln Delaware to arouse
IN. Dconle ta an increased interest ana
vigilance IN safety. and that something
was tho organization ot the Delaware
safety Council. and tho aggressive campaign
winch the q uuncil has carried on IN Dela-
ware and Wilmington.
The cold figures ot saving 20 nIes III
Delaware IN 1920 ms compared with the
record of 1917. docs not IA any shRht way
convey 10 the average mlnd wha' uia'
saving has really meant. We can ohN
aprreriate tho significance ot tins inquire
yben we picturr toourselvcs the sorrow
and loss which would have bhghced 20
hane. had the Delaware Safety Council
no, oroanired and had there been no
check m the toll Of deaths from accldentS
.nce 1917 This demonstration IN Dei"-
ware uf what II Is possible 70 90 IN con
trolling accidents should inspire every
. c,,,,en with confidence 70 put hls shoulder
the toll of deaths for 1921
INSTRUCTION ~ SCHOOLS.
\fter prals,ug the Delaware safety
Council for rs excellent work slhcc "
organization, Mir Price. took as as sup.
lsct "OrganiAng community ior ohic'f
Uc nn,nted ont the vital Importance OF
instruction 20 school children. Every
.h,ld's life - literally threatened when
.ro.s,ug a street, be said and " ls ior
th,s reason that | 80 strongly reier 70
the importance III the pubhc sch' o..
~. vcp, an 10 describe his several visits
40 schools throughout the West and oi
,h, outcome ~ this method Of instruction
IN CONJUNCTION with the regular class
lessons Tn, law of negligence is dailN
drnwIng Its lines closer and the courts
and legislature are cohunuaHH Pl"VHh :
burdens on those who nre IN authority.
I.sa,d andina cosmopolitan communl-
-. the pr,ylte risk Il not imaginative
1, wss further mentioned that II VIII
rn,nrt0p the accidental death rate lOO.oN
and 81 ia lQls and 80 N 1920 reduction
~ "a rser cent I, will bc cf interest 10
enn,nnrc figures that are ahalablc on
accident reduction brought about bN
.afrtv work iu other critics ntortunateiN
enly occaStousl data l. available. IN =.
o,n. 4 c,tN that has hecn most success
MI b the safety Aovcment ny reason ~
the activities az its safety council. the
accidental death rate has shown a reduc-
t,on az g per cent IN three Years Rochester
A Y claims . reduction OF p per cent
In 1915 and reduction oi 2 per cent y
1919
I'VE should like 70 have figures On othe1
c,,tes in order 10 determine whether
Wilmington has any claim 10 beng tn
safes, CITY of over 100000 population j
the United States, said Mr.. irice HoW
over n statistlcs for the present year ar
sNamired carefully u Will he noted ina
the number of deaths from automobiles Il
"A M,Ir,iroton has decreased very muci
more rapidlN than Tor the state - whole
Il Unfortunately il i impossible Z
dc,erntne the number of cars operated i
Wilmington an therefore The number Q
deaths per fIo,I>ana cars cannot Ie de
icrminec III wever, against 2lper cent
increase IN cars licensed IN the state i
1910 and AZ additional p per cent II
crease in 1920 Wilmington shows .
Der cent decrease IN deaths during thes
wears It's death rate from automohlies
nov only II per thousand. While MANY
our larger cities. where there are ieWe
automobiles per capita. show rates %
tween 90 and 80 per thousand
Us all share he encouragement thl
lies m the consideration Of these hgure
Of course the Delaware Safety CounC
can only clam ~ share IN the result
hu' this share l. certainly IustIncatlo
for saving 'accldcnt prevention pays
G n Wells. secretary OF the statfstI
,omfnIttee. has filed a report Of accident
death. IN Delaware from 1916 10 Septen
her 30. 1920 and which shows reInsrl
able reduction IN mortality IRON accldeh
IN the Vear> al 1918 and 1919 STUD
az this report together with ofncial ngur
from earlier wears shows q steady Il
crease N accidental deaths exclusive
-uicide- sad homIcldes from 1917
1918. the figure for the latter wear ber
94Q for the entire state In 1919 the nuT
her Of deaths fell To 80.
.voNpfT1oNs BETTER ~ WILMINGTON
Tn. number reported for the fir
.agnt months 81 1920 was 100 winch
estimated viii become - by the end
IA. Vear Il was IN March 1919 that 4
Delaware Safety (ouncIl Organlz
and cot "a work and II Is estimated th
b. the end 81 the wear because OF IN
fact no fewer than 225 persons will
ahv, and VINO would nave been killed
accidents had the increasing rate OF ac'
dental death been maintained
~ Wilmington results have been ev
morc remarkable The maximum numb
al accidental deaths Was reached lh 1Sl
when l63 were recorded This dropped
los N 1919 and 10 81 in the first eig
months of 1920 The estimate for Z
nlll year Of 1920 II 80 deaths, which,
attained Will represent a probable savll
AZ l7e lives m two Years. or d reducI'
of - per cent in 1919 and 80 per cent a
dIuunal ~ 1920
While the actual population IL del
ware is not known for each year Of II
period. II can be figured approximate
from the ceusIs taken ia 1910 and l9
on this basis the accidental death IA
fu, the state hi 1919 was j per 1000
of population. AZ against 50 per &c
100000 population for the total Teglsti
tan are Of the United States. There Is nC
every hope Of this death rate falling
81 by the end Of 1920 thus giving q
Der cert reduction.
In Wilmington the accidental dea
rate per hundred thousand was I54
1915 aud 90 ia 1920, reduction Of
per cent