[Accidents of the elderly].

The topic of accidents in elderly population has been studied on 2055 injured older than 65 years. The severity of injuries indicates the importance of accidents in this age-group. The proportion of fractures in the elderly population is twice of the average-in females over 75 years of age they take the half of the total number of injuries.

[Injuries during adolescence].

The incidence of injuries reaches the highest level in the adolescent age-group, as proved also in our survey of accidents in a period of one year in County Vas, Hungary. The incidence is extremely high in boys: 241 per 1000 heads of this age-group while no increase can be observed in girls due to an earlier puberty. The risk-rate of boys appears high at every type of injuries even at those that were caused intended or in an intoxicated state.

[Double dislocation of a finger (personal cases and contributions from the literature)].

This is the author's third report on this extremely rare injury. New cases are discussed, and a review of observations is given on the basis of the author's experience and that of others.

[Childhood accidents].

A survey of accidents in a period of one year in County Vas, Hungary was performed. The injury of children in the age-group of 0-14 was found in case 5841 i.e.