HC Deb 18 February 1972 vol 831 cc182-3W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children in the City of Leicester received treatment in city hospitals for accidental poisoning in the latest year for which figures are available; and how many in each of the previous nine years.

Mr. Alison

This information is not available in the form requested. The numbers of children admitted to hospital in Leicester for one or more nights for treatment for poisoning or suspected poisoning in 1971 and the previous four years (figures for earlier years are not available) were: 1971, 332; 1970, 150; 1969, 140; 1968, 299; 1967, 208.