EDITOR—Having read Jeffery et al's account of scalds in children, I agree that the cases that they have seen are probably only the tip of the iceberg.1 Between 1994 and 1997, 10 children under the age of 2 years (range 3-19 months) were admitted to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol with scalds sustained when hot water spilled from a jug in which it was being used to heat a bottle of infant formula. This is equivalent to 6% of children aged …