Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-08

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up was in 1884 when 101 ,139 per-
sons were killed in accidents. The
1895 total was 100000.
The prediction was made in a
pamphlet distributed at the open
ing session of the National Safety
congress. Prepared by the councils
statistical bureau the analysis, based
on totals for the first eight months
of the year, was made after assump-
ton that current trends would con-
tinue to the end of the year
Six thousand of the 10000 in
crease, said r. L. Forney, chief
council satistician, will be charged
to excessive heat and bring total
death from that cause in 1896 to
slightly more than 5000. Forney
said there was a relatively small"
number of heat deaths last year. He
said the remaining 1000 of the
increase will be spread over home,
public and occupational deaths.
Forney predicted that in addition
to fatal accidents, there will be
approximately 9,500,000 non-fatal in
jurieS and a national economic loss
of approximately $3,300,000,
On the basis of two per cent
reduction, for eight month, in auto
mobile traffic accidents below 1885,
Forney estimated that deaths from
this cause will drop to 36,300 for the
II months, compared to $1,000 in
1885. He added, however, that 1--WE
can expect" 1,250,00O non-fatal mo-
tor accident injuries and an econ
omic cost, including property dam
age of $1,55QO00,0O0.
Forney said improvement in the
traffic death problem this year had
been largely due to good shoWings
in February and March, when de-
clines of II and 16 per cent from
the totals of the corresponding
months of 1885 We're recorded.
The forecast checked 1880 as
the number of accident deaths that
will arise out of gainful employ
ment, an increase of 1000 from the
occupational accident total last year
Increased exposure to accident due
to accelerated industrial activity and
an abnormal number of excessive
heat deaths to working men were
assigned as reasons for the larger
total
Forney said, Accidents that oc-
cur in American homes loom as
the cause of more accident deaths
in 1886 than have been caused by
any of the four (motor vehicle. pub
lice-not motor vehicle, home, occu-
pationaD general classifications of
accidents since records have been
kept.
probably 5000 deaths from excess
sive heat will be placed in the years
classification of home accidents. In
addition there appears to be about
NAL types of home fatalities. To-
gether, these influences are likely
to raise the home death total to
10000 this year"
The statistician said the next high
figure, $4,000 was the total of motor
accident deaths in 1885. He said
he expected 100000 non-fatal dis
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and an economic loss from deaths
and injuries of about $3.50, 100000.
Forney's guess" on steam rail-
road fatalities for 1886 was that they
would contribute $3.50 passengers,
employees, and trespassers-the lat
ter group to contribute by far the
largest number of victims). He
said that for the first five months
of the year steam railway accident
fatalities were five per cent above
the corresponding period of 1885,
but pointed out that this increase
was accompanied by rise of 10 per
cent in locomotive mileage with the
result that deaths per 100000 miles
actually dropped five per cent.
Forney said a Is per cent rise
thus far in railroad employee ac-
cident fatalities would be offset
for the most part by greater num-
Der of man hours worked. leaving
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