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By Doris Daugherty
There are safety signals to be observed in running a household, just as in driving a car. Learn to recognize household “red lights” which warn of dangers that can threaten the family’s well-being. For example, a “red light” in the kitchen may be a grease splash on the floor...which invites a slip and fall. So when you see it, stop...and scrub! The normal traffic patterns of daily living can create new hazards, so the homemaker must be alert instead of assuming that yesterday’s “safe" house will remain safe. Any of the following “red lights” may flash as you go about your housework, so make sure you don’t run right through them to risk catastrophe; Crumbs in the oven. Fire Commissioners warn that food crumbs have caused major fires. It seems such a small chore to wipe out the oven with a damp, sudsy sponge. Yet failure to take this little precaution, right after the meal, can cause real trouble later when the oven is reheated and forgotten bits of dried food ignite. Slipper step-stool. Make it part of the daily KP routine to swab the steps and dry them thoroughly. Only clean surfaces provide safe footing.
Dust-dimmed light bulbs and fixtures. Keep them clean with a sudsy wiping, so you can prepare food and wash dishes under adequate light. Guessing in dim light is no substitute for knowing that food and utensils are clean and safe. Take the same precautions with all reading lights... especially those which the children use for studying. Sliding scatter rugs. The und ersides of these potential back breakers should be scrubbed occasionally with dense suds to remove dust and wax. Only clean backing can grip the floor securely.
Jumbled medicine cabinet. Remove contents, then wash shelves and containers. Replace jars and bottles, making sure that labels are wiped clean so they can lye read by sleepy eyes during a night time emergency. For safety, dispose of “stale* drugs. Heating pad cover. Always launder the removable slipcover in hot suds after used by an ill member of the household. Pressing it with a hot iron is an added precaution. Remember that germs can be transmitted by a heating pad
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