§ 28. Mr. Loveridgeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths occurred from barbiturate poisoning in each of the past 10 years.
§ Dr. OwenThe numbers of deaths from barbiturate poisoning in England and Wales in each of the 10 years, 1963–72, were:
1963 … … … … 1,864 1964 … … … … 1,998 1965 … … … … 2,015 1966 … … … … 2,055 1967 … … … … 2,048 1968 … … … … 1,934 1969 … … … … 2,080 1970 … … … … 1,973 1971 … … … … 1,990 1972 … … … … 1,846 The figures for the years 1968 onwards are not strictly comparable with those for earlier years because of changes in the International Classification of Diseases introduced in 1968.