asked the Minister for Health the number of accidental poisonings for the past year to the latest available date; and if he will give details of the substances most commonly implicated.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Accidental Poisonings.
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All poisonings do not necessarily come under official notice but I am informed that the Poisons Centre at Jervis Street Hospital received 2,558 telephone calls about cases of poisoning during 1972. This figure has been sub-divided by the centre under the following headings:
|
Drugs and medicines of all kinds |
1,422 cases |
|
Household items |
836,, |
|
Agricultural products |
127,, |
|
Plants and bites |
90,, |
|
Industrial items |
50,, |
|
Miscellaneous items |
33,, |