§ 82. Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Minister of Health how many children have died through accidentally taking drugs, tablets, and household fluids over each of the past five years; and what
DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE DUE TO ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY CERTAIN SOLID AND LIQUID SUBSTANCES, ENGLAND AND WALES, 1961 TO 1965 INCLUSIVE 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 Accidental Poisoning by:— Barbiturate Acid and Derivatives (ICD* No. E.871) 6 2 3 3 3 Aspirin and Salicylates (ICD No. E.872) 9 9 7 14 8 Other Analgesic and Soporific Drugs (ICD No. E.874) 2 — 1 1 6 Strychnine (ICD No. E.876) — 1 — — — Other and unspecified Drugs (ICD No. E.878) 14 12 14 13 12 Alcohol (ICD No. E.880) — — — 1 — Petroleum Products (ICD No. E.881) 1 1 — — — Industrial Solvents (ICD No. E.882) — — 1 2 1 Corrosive aromatics, acids and caustic Alkalis (ICD No. E.883) 1 2 1 4 — Arsenic and antimony and their compounds (ICD No. E.886) — — — — 1 Other and unspecified solid and liquid substances (ICD No. E.888) — 5 2 4 2 Totals 33 32 29 42 33 * International Classification of Diseases, 1955.