§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report details of all female deaths between the ages of 14 and 46 years which were the subject of a coroner's inquiry in Newcastle-upon-Tyne between 1967 and 1975.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe total number of female deaths reported to the coroner550W for Newcastle upon Tyne in the period in question was 2,914. Separate figures for these by age groups are not available. The number of reported deaths of females aged 14 and over which resulted in inquests being held was 921 and the verdicts returned were as follows:
Murder 1 Suicide … 125 Chronic alcoholism … 4 Deaths from industrial diseases … 8 Deaths by accident or misadventure … 715 Deaths from natural causes … 14 Open verdicts … 54 Note
Before 1st April 1974 the district of the coroner for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne was co-terminous with the former county borough of Newcastle upon Tyne. Since 1st April 1974 the coroner's district has been enlarged to cover the whole of the new district of Newcastle upon Tyne.