One result was the BS 1363 system of Plugs and Sockets, introduced in 1947. Ever since then, the UK has benefited from the safest power sockets in the world. These have built-in shutters inside the socket for the specific purpose of preventing children poking objects into the holes.
Over the past few decades there has been an increasing use of so-called 'safety socket covers' which are sold to do what the internal shutters are already doing. In other words, they are completely unnecessary. People seem unaware that British sockets are tightly regulated by law, ensuring that only sockets meeting the standard may be installed.
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