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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1949
Page
7
The reader asks about recurring clogs despite tree-rooter work. The response suggests insufficient pitch in the horizontal soil pipe allowing grease to congeal and slow flow. Re-laying the pipe may be needed, while a clogged vent is unlikely. Installing and cleaning a grease trap from the kitchen sink is proposed as another solution.
Chicago report notes 35,000 home accident deaths in 1948 making the home the top killer. Falls caused 18,200 deaths, burns and explosions 6,000, mechanical suffocation 1,800. Most fatalities occurred in bedrooms with the yard and kitchen also hazardous.
The National Safety Council reports in Accidents Facts that 1948 traffic volume hit a record high, eight percent above 1947, while the mileage death rate fell to the lowest in U.S. history. The rate of 8.0 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles was 30 percent below the WWII era average, and had it persisted, about 14,000 more lives could have been lost.
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