The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-29
5000 CHILDREN
DOOMED TO DEATH
Safety Institute of America
Gives that as Number Of
Summer Victims
ISSUES VACATION
DOS AND DON'TS

lie Careful In Water and on Public
Streets = Children of Seven In Most
/ Danger Fire, Drowning and Auto
mobiles Cause Most Accidents
NEW YORK. June 29.-Judging from
reliable statistics of previous wears. an.
/ proXimately 5000 children win be killed
| and 100000 more injured in accidents
/ during the summer vacation neriod
throughout the United States. unless
parents and other guardians give
| greater attention this summer to tba
/ safety Of their charges. This warning
/ comes from the Safety Institute of
America, with Headquarters in this citv.
Before July l, the institute points
| cut, something like 20,000,OOO children
viii be thrown on their own devices for
amusement by the closing OF public and
private schools. The accident hazards
confronting children throughout the wear
as whole viii then be multiplied MANY
times by longer hours of play; by the
summer increase in automobile traffic
and by the lapse of school room disci-
pline.
The principal causes of accidental
death among children, the institute
says, are ilre, drowning, and the auto
mobile. The child of about seven years
OF age is. III the greatest danger of be-
coming the victim of a fatal accident
because that seems to be the ace al
which mothers begin to permit children
TO take. care of themselves.
Dos and DOn'ts.
In an effort to stem the usual summer
tide OF violent deaths among Young peo-
pie the institute has issued a list of
vacation Dos and Don'ts with the
recommendation that teachers. narents
and all other persons who have The al,
pcrtmity to reach large groups OF chill
dren. pass them on to the children. The
list follows:
Swim all you can this summer. but
never on full stomach. or if over
heated, or extremely tired.
Learn how to rescue drowning per
sons; but never pretend yourself to be
drowning; you may really need help
some day, and not get it.
Learn to paddle your own canoe. |
but never rock the boat to scare the
other fellow; this has caused the death
OF thousands OF boys and girls.
Fly kites, but don't use copper wire
instead OF Irvine; scores of boys have
been eiectrocuted when their kite came
in contact with electric wires: also don't
climb telegraph poles to recover en- !
tangled kites.
Keep Away From Poison Ivy.
: Hike out. into the, country, hut if =
You 20 for more than one dav carry a /
nrst-aid kit with you: also learn t. f.
recognize poison ivy and then stav avav
from it; drink lot of water, but first |
make sure that its source is clean.
Don't use the streets for play if /.
there Is vacant lot, a clean alley. or a I
playground nearby; if You must use
streets for Fairgrounds pick street
that has no streetcar tracks or heavy
automobile traffic.
Don't be jay-walker; in the city |
cross streets at regular crossings, never /
in the middle of the block; when walk |
ing on country roads keep on the left. /
instead of the right hand side of the /
road so that YOU can see approaching
vehicles
Finally remember that June is
particularly dangerous month in which
to take chances: the other dangerous /
months are; July. January. September, |
April. November, March, May. Deem |
Der. October, August, and February" |