Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied with the fire regulations and precautions in the North-West hospitals for geriatric patients.
§ Sir George YoungIn North-Western region, as elsewhere, health authorities are carrying out, with the co-operation of local fire authorities, a programme of upgrading fire precautions in existing hospitals. I understand that, notwithstanding the resource constraints within which they are working, they are making progress.
Place of occurrence of accidents Home Road Work Death* Injury† Death* Injury† Death Serious injury 1964 … … 6,230 133,940 7,307 102,830 1,034 N.A. 1965 … … 6,163 108,620 7,523 109,890 977 1966 … … 6,370 108,740 7,476 103,080 1,006 1967 … … 5,839 104,910 7,247 97,410 870 1968 … … 5,904 88,120 6,432 89,010 N.A. 1969 … … 5,853 104,630 6,700 91,920 N.A. 63,974 1970 … … 5,590 97,630 6,868 89,190 830 57,862 1971 … … 5,518 99,370 7,072 92,180 775 50,735 1972 … … 5,359 99,640 7,002 86,210 680 48,128 1973 … … 5,049 89,870 7,035 80,130 692 46,095 1974 … … 5,118 100,030 6,439 78,560 692 45,404 1975 … … 5,081 102,430 5,903 78,920 604 41,610 1976 … … 5,056 100,720 6,115 81,550 618 41,226 N.A.=Not available. * These figures include deaths in hospital which are thus duplicated in the injury figures (see below). †The figures for injuries arising from road traffic and home accidents are taken from the hospital inpatient inquiry (HIPE) and are in fact the estimated total discharges and deaths of injury cases from NHS hospitals in England and Wales. Information is only available from 1964 onwards. ‡These figures are the sum totals of serious injuries on Factories Act premises, in mines and quarries and to railway staff as defined by the Factories Act, the railway inspectorate and the mines inspectorate.