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Adequate _ lighting _ on stairs is important. as is the positioning of _ that lighting. A light source at the top of stairs can cast d:;azerous shadows â€" down the steps. Therefore light should be thrown towards the risers. It is also a good Glazed doors and panels can be a hazard to people who mistake them for an opening and walk into them. The use of safetyâ€"tempered or laminated glass guards against serious injury if this happens. Better still is a bar across the glass panel to prevent someone from colliding with it. If glass is used in a door at the botâ€" tom of a stair case, make sure the glass portion exâ€" tends no lower than three feet from the bottom of the door. There is a real risk of someone â€" falling down the stairs and into the glass. if it is too close to the bottom. If there is a glass panel at the bottom of stairs, there should be a bar across it that is strong enough to bear the impact of someone falling. STAIRS Falls on stairs are one of the most common causes of home accidents Upen _ risers are parâ€" ticularly hazardous to small children and the elderly. ENTRANCES Steps of landings leadâ€" ing to your home should slope away from the enâ€" trance slightly â€" about an eighth of an inch in 12 inches of depth â€" to prevent water from standing or forming ice. There should be a porch or overhang to protect the entrance from rain and snow. _ Below are few suggesâ€" tions for making your home a safer place. ~ Therefore, if you have small children or are living with an elderly person whose physital abilities, sight and concentration powâ€" ers are diminished, you are the one who should be aware of potential hazards. So home safety is not something to be taken lightly. The age groupings of these victims is another interesting fact. The home accident rate among small children and the elderly is many times that of averâ€" age adults. But the evidence is clear, however, that too many Canadian households pay too little attention to home safety. The statisticsâ€"keepâ€" ers tell us about 2,250 of our countrymen are killed in homeâ€"related accidents each year. Another 365,000 are inâ€" jured, quite a few so severeâ€" ly they are permanently disâ€" abled. Thes figures mean: home accidents are second to highway accidents as causes of death and injury. you must balance safety factors against those eleâ€" ments that make your house a liveable, humane environâ€" safe. In any consideration of home safety, therefore, Let‘s face it, no houseâ€" hold can be made perfectly Page 36 â€" Water|loo Chronicle, Wednesday, November 30. 1977 Balance home safety factors By Central Mortgage and *« 25Â¥ open to hit a saucepan handle. If the stove is near a_ window, secure your curtains so they won‘t billow in the wind and contact a hot element or gas flame. There is also a danger KITCHEN The stove should be positioned so there is no danger of a door swinging be no gaps in the rail that cause a person to break a handhold. trast with the color of the rest of the steps. Avoid fancy floor surfaces or wall coverings that might cause dizziness on the stairs. Handrails should be seâ€" curely fixed and preferably should be provided on both sides of the staircase. A handrail should not exceed 2% inches in crossâ€"section so it can be easily grasped by a small child or arthritic elderly persons. Large, rectangular handrails may look great, but they are hard to hold on to. 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