Citation

Dickson N, Martin M, Waller AE. N. Zeal. Med. J. 1990; 103(898): 452-454.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, New Zealand Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2216114

Abstract

The mean temperature of the hot water supply of 62 randomly selected Dunedin homes with preschool children was 67.8 degrees C. More than 95% of the households visited had temperatures above the recommended temperature of 55 degrees C. The temperature was related to the socioeconomic status of the major earner of the household, the thermostat setting, the age of the water cylinder and its size. Accessible thermostats were of the water cylinder and its size. Accessible thermostats were only reliable in cylinders under 20 years old.

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