The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 4, 1930, Page 6

TO 00000 gy. TTT TTT TTT TAT Startling New Facts About Drowning |: Swimming fatalities now total 9,000 a year | 7 : | and ‘account for a tenth of all accidental deaths in the United’ States, according to this latest research, which proves false the old idea that drowning people come up to the surface three times before: dying EN THOUSAND Americans will be ) Urowned this summer. Almost half of these will be under 20 years old. And of that half, 80 per cent will be boys. In the past 10 years many more than 70,000 people have been drowned in the United States, which is more by many thousands than the number of U, S. soldiers killed or died of wounds in the World far. Since it is right now, when the sun becomes hottest and the weather sultriest, that water takes its heaviest toll among those who have gone to it for relief, it is a good time to consider some new facts about drown- Th ing revealed in figures compiled by actuaries of the * method Aes Travelers’ Insurance Co, now generally su- Isolated stories in the daily papers do not impress The Bohastec perseded by the Schaefer on us the real horror of the facts. methed en ++» was to grab the vice For instance, note the marked and steddy increase = proyed most fag tim by the waist and drain in the number of persons drowned in the United States effective A : ate the water from the lungs. each year since 1920, based on records of such deaths ‘ : = — La 4 iy registration area: ra ® ‘ 3 i aide hs eveee Cait nese cule wicse x . by the non-swimmer and the . BoCne 4) . : beginner. Because children sel- it is generally easy for them to learn to edna! A on the water and learn ane Lae eae ihaeed it without saying many lives we if the Schaefer prone- re method of sical sales a> More drownings occur between the ages of 15 to 19 than in any other age ae the detailed figures for 1927 as reported by the U. S. Mortality statistics showing that of a total of 7246 deaths by drowning in 91.3 per cent of the country’s population, 1111 included victims between the ages of 15 and 19, inclusive, or more than 15 per cent of the total. During the same year, 29 per cent of the drowning victims were under dhe age of 14, ‘ while more than half were under the age of 24, and 38 per cent were between the ages tion were more generally understood by swimmers. persons who have been submerged for brief periods are not actually dead ‘when removed from water, although the apparent indications of life, such as breathing and pulse, are absent. + A definite statement cannot be made with regard to the length of time the body may be deprived of air by sub- mersion before death actually occurs, but it is likely that in the f a healthy acon ibe. veal otkeae see be of 10 and 24. restored by. propet treatment Bayon submersion of from 4 ROWNINGS are responsible . for more F F f : iy ne cioocnenshod for | by the g bist oat than 10 per cent of all the accidental ae Te ss A The treatment of an apparently drowned person should deaths in this country, which for last & in the the is removed from the water. “e& year were estimated as totaling 97,000 per- the Old Rescuers should not be influenced by the appearance of death, as the treatment can do no harm, and if the victi Hole... isa Han: bece erie: the, rater nly sn fey eects foe is map sai < fancy . . . but the Rolling the victim on a barrel or the use of similar cold statistics of life methods to emit water that may have been swallowed are insurance actuaries show not recommended in place of the Schaefer prone-pressure 1 that too many young men method of artificial respiration. If the patient's mouth can drown there. be, easily, it is advisable to feel in it and the throat sons. D; s also cause, at the present fate, more than one-half of one per cent of the deaths from all causes in this country, as is indicated the United States Mortality statistics for the years 1924-28 inclusive. Drownings in each o! five years were responsible for more than Versys of one per cent of pide deaths trati country. 1 pecs of the aeoete a of she 25 mi: and Re pallies that ae traveled in i os : i tightly ol at =e - public irl im, t f them hi t are of the opposite sex, the divisidn for 1920 showing 4330 until later, If the body is clothed, it is unnecessary to stop ‘ pg og F per acy Pony Fg mount- wes ana atch is at 3 ease male deaths as against 595 involving fe . in the regis- to loosen the, clothing. Rather eee At aes with the “ ing toll of automobile fatalities. Yet for the and a protection. fj tration area of the United States, and in 1927, deaths by artificial respiration, as every second of delay is serious. Inless many more people begin to drowning included 6340 boys and men and 906 girls and EFINITE aie year 1927, which is the latest period for which feats tea wen Bes, and more "Deaths by drownings must be classed ssipesreatble in a ey given as follows: will ly occurrence, ll the record Jof deaths by drowning most instances. A record of their almost the face downward, with one arm ex- to drownings was more than a third of the Siak Keren ths me "at the moron ve: as reported in the press during the summer months, points tected: torus’ hepad. the hep. Ths chee. ann, ahoei automobile fatalities in 42 states. hicle has enabled whole fam- conclusively to such an indication. Too many non-swimmers be bent at the elbow, and the head turned to one side 30 A tabulation o} ilies by the scores of hun- or beginners venture into water that is too deep, a good that the cheek will rest on the forearm or hand and the drowning and in automobile acci- dreds of thousands to reach rule worthy of ¢onsideration being that non-swimmers and mouth and nose will be entirely free for breathing. _ dents, as drawn up by actuaries of wayside streams 4nd shores beginners should never wade in water deeper than the Kneel astride the ‘3 with your knees just the. Travelers, for 1927. shows: and lakes that were inacces- middle of the chest, unless the condition of the bottom is torr. bap boeee toes. te Pa ot sew tendon he That in all but four of the 42 sible not so many years ago, known well. fe small of his with your fingers r phat. ig states tabulated the drownings Ready means of transpor- me little finger of each hand just touching which occurred in sections classi- tation and the general all- ‘ANY drownings each year are due to ignorance of ‘Then, with arms held firm and straight (do not bend the 20 fied as rural far’ outnumbered round improvement of high- the elementary principles of swimming and of proper arms at the elbows), slowly swing your body forward ‘ee | those which happened in urban ways beckon father, mo! methods of resuscitation, One authority on deaths den and violent a} tion may cause internal injuries), 90 | districts, which include cities children to week-end by drowning has said that an inventory of persons taki that Phin weight , upon coe patient's back—thus fore- ‘= = e showing a population of 10,000 Girl college students practic- parties far away from the excursions on steamers, those who hit wilderness waterways ing the air out ot ‘ payne abd shoulders should = and over. number of drown- oP over of his = ing’ the Schasjer method °.. of ‘adding crowd and the in canoes, or whio go rowing on lakes out from summer be directly , fines of city life, resorts, reveals the s1 fact that not J 4 alternate pressure and relaxation. any to “cere fa is 80 could take satire ih if the boat ‘aed. This pag ae, 1 while shortened hours on 30 cond take care of kineelf if the book capsized, Ty Kmecling pion, therchy removing te. peeware aad age do not fresh reported in rural sections for 1927 was almost twice the death toll indicated in urban communi- ties. According to the record of vital statistics for New for relaxation, swimming prominently included. oung men and boys more than 12 years of age do ing air to enter the lungs. York in 1929, nearly 50 per cent of the number 3f drown. ee Baw how to swim ; nee ee eee ings which occurred outside New York City happened in ERHAPS the most outstanding evidence of the quick- Loss of wind accounts for the drowning of many per- ator spon four or a he < the months of June, July and August, while rc ¢ cent ening of interest in the art of swimming is to be found sons, even of good swimmers. A warning is to be sounded cycle o! ia goon movements can bean of such deaths within New York City occurred in the same in the changing modes of wearing apparel (or lack of against swimming in deep water if the person. bas ‘not passed ony en eager be continued without months. The number of deaths by drowning within New _ it) which have,been adopted by the well-dressed women at a test of endurance, which in some countries requires 30 oe ily enang Maat wee ally. Gt cig ia a York City was 437 for the whole year, while in the re- watering places. Not so long ago it was not sean Beeps minutes of continuous swimming. Many persons, because hours (anger ntl it Becomes ceitain thet further mainder of the state it was 530, for a woman to be seen bathing, unless she was fully and of their evident pleasure in getting away from a city’s heat or anges) ot it = During the observance of July Fourth in 1928, a list heavily clothed. The freedom of youth in this respect has to the comparative coolness of the shore and lake, remain efforts are use % he should loosen tight = = of accidental fatalities compiled for that day by one of the even stimulated their elders, and the enthusiasm with which in the water too long, so that they suffer from chills and If ao sree ae: poeores ring chat ce want eed = = ~» country’s press associations showed that 11 persons were this modern idea of dress-as-you-please has been taken up cramps. i ; clothing about patient hee started. Keep the yi 5 Se killed by fire works, while 54 were killed in accidents con- is to be noted in the ever-increasing crowds at sea shores. Persons suffering from cramps in the water become the resuscitation aren) ( liquids pith by ie — nected with motor vehicles, and 106 were drowned. Obvi- Tt may be of interest to observe the trend of drowning seized with an almost insane fear, and start thrashing the warm as possible. Sor be Nema i a ously, it is not true that more persons were bathing or were fatalities among both sexes since 1920. From that year. water, whereas it should be remembered that the use of mouth, until the patient | he Oe eat oe tied = = in boats or canoes that day than were going about the inclusive of 1927, the population of the United States neither arms nor legs. is to float. A fact not When the patient reed ay tate fo up = 2 country in motor vehicle, That goes Yo show tat although increased more than |! per cent. The number of deaths often realized is that the human b Bie abate ya or’sit up, Every effort s str. Be Syegedced — there is constant and proper emphasis placed upon by drownings involving males increased more than 46 per _ more than the volume of zones Supheeed it, and if a . him quiet and to have him reved) lying imulant Lard Ss = dangers of the road, there is lack of sufficient organized cent during the same period, while deaths of females in- person in distress in the water only remain calm and Gf a bas rot batiuece Neat ful of 2 = = effort to reduce the hazards of the .water. Notwithstandi creased by more than 52 per cent. However, by far a collected, his head will stay above water. given to panel to ctaene eespeon of aro- == — she’ cGonte af yarvem organizalicns tc tach the hoor ana greater number of males are drowned each year than there Fear is the greatest obstacle which must be overcome matic spirits of ammonia in a glass of water. = a (Copyright, 1930, By EyeryWeek Magasine—Printed in U. 8. A.) a | = = = —_ — = ~~ . = = a6. — a = i Nn A ANCL . =o lil / ; 2 f 1 z aw oy. 4