Milliner N, Pearn J, Guard R
Med J Aust. 1980 Nov 1;2(9):510-1. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb100717.x.
No community has measured baseline child-drowning rates, introduced protective safety legislation, and then assessed its effectiveness. One unique community in Northern Australia, Mulgrave Shire, has implemented rigidly-policed pool safety legislation since 1960; a study of the child drowning profiles therein is reported here to given an estimate of the efficacy of safety legislation. No child has drowned in a fenced pool either in Cairns or in Mulgrave Shires over the 10-year period of the survey. For Mulgrave Shire, no child has drowned during 9200 pool-years. Comparative studies of two neighbouring Shires, with different safety legislation policies (both in absolute safety regulations, and the spirit with which they are prosecuted), indicate that fatal and near-fatal pool accidents can be cut by at least half if safety legislation is effective. Special dangers apply to pools in caravan parks and multiunit dwellings.
没有哪个社区测量过儿童溺水的基线发生率，推行过保护性安全立法，然后评估其成效。澳大利亚北部有一个独特的社区，马尔格雷夫郡，自1960年以来实施了严格监管的泳池安全立法；本文报告了对该社区儿童溺水情况的一项研究，以估计安全立法的成效。在为期10年的调查期间，凯恩斯市或马尔格雷夫郡内，没有儿童在有围栏的泳池中溺水。对于马尔格雷夫郡而言，在9200个泳池使用年期间没有儿童溺水。对两个相邻郡进行的比较研究，这两个郡有着不同的安全立法政策（在绝对安全规定以及执行力度方面），结果表明，如果安全立法有效，致命和近乎致命的泳池事故至少可以减少一半。商用车停车场和多单元住宅中的泳池存在特殊危险。
