Building laws to stop child burns

James Tweed
Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Child safety organisations have endorsed Government proposals to reduce the number of injuries from scalding water. The Government said last week that, following campaigning by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), it was proposing bringing water temperature safety within the scope of building regulations in England and Wales. This would ensure that thermostatic mixing valves were fixed to bath taps to control the temperature of water coming out of showers and hot taps to baths and basins in all new or converted private housing by 2006.