§ Miss Fookesasked the Secretary of State for Trade, what are the figures for fireworks injuries in November 1980; and how they compare with the previous two years figures.
§ Mrs Sally Oppenheim[pursuant to her reply, 16 February 1981, c. 14.]: The revised information is as follows:
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Fireworks Injuries in Great Britain (4 week period in October-November) 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 Place of Accident 1 Family or private party 168 239 359 275 277 2 Semi-public party (eg Scouts, cricket club) 47 135 175 144 167 3 Large public display 95 4 Casual incident in street etc. 194 290 350 258 160 5 Other place 31 52 51 56 81 6 Indoors* 20 29 18 — — Total 555 745 953 733 685 Type of Firework 1 Banger 135 190 212 178 159 2 Rocket 66 73 122 87 91 3 Roman candle, coloured fire etc. 81 124 160 112 89 4 Home-made or extracted powder 19 34 39 19 17 5 Other proprietary fireworks of which 46 65 107 92 119 5.1 Flyabout† 15 14 6 Sparklers‡ 33 48 71 65 72 7 Unspecified type 175 211 242 245 210 Severity of Injury 1 Fatal injury — — — 1 — 2 Detained more than one night 46 49 65 71 50 3 Sufficient to cause absence from work or equivalent 82 97 119 89 118 4 Minor injury 403 565 730 539 486 5 Unspecified injury 24 34 39 33 31 Eye injuries (included in 2.5) 261 310 363 276 306 Age Group of Injured Persons Over 20 100 146 170 145 129 16.20 66 80 70 40 47 13.15 151 211 226 190 147 Under 13 238 308 487 358 362 * Included in 'other place' prior to 1978 † Included in other proprietary fireworks from 1978 ‡ Included in other proprietary fireworks prior to 1978
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Fireworks Injuries in Great Britain (4 week period in October-November) 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 Place of Accident 1 Family or private party 163 233 345 272 273 2 Semi-public party (eg Scouts, cricket club) 47 3 Large public display 90 128 164 138 161 4 Casual incident in street etc. 177 277 336 248 154 5 Other place 31 49 49 51 75 6 Indoors* 17 28 18 — — Total 525 715 912 709 663 Type of Firework 1 Banger 125 183 210 174 153 2 Rocket 64 64 111 82 85 3 Roman candle, coloured fire etc. 79 118 153 111 89 4 Home-made or extracted powder 18 33 39 18 17 5 Other proprietary fireworks of which 45 64 103 90 119 5.1 Flyabout† 14 14 6 Sparklers‡ 30 47 70 65 72 7 Unspecified type 164 206 226 234 200 Severity of Injury 1 Fatal injury — — — 1 — 2 Detained more than one night 44 47 62 65 47 3 Sufficient to cause absence from work or equivalent 80 91 117 88 112 4 Minor injury 380 545 694 523 473 5 Unspecified injury 21 32 39 32 31 Eye injuries (included in 2–5) 247 303 350 268 300 Age Group of Injured Persons Over 20 94 139 161 141 126 16.20 65 78 68 38 47 13.15 140 203 216 185 143 Under 13 226 294 467 345 347 * Included in 'other place' prior to 1978 † Included in other proprietary fireworks from 1978 ‡ Included in other proprietary fireworks prior to 1978
Fireworks Injuries in Great Britain (4 week period in October-November) 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 Place of Accident 1 Family or private party 5 6 14 3 4 2 Semi-public party (eg Scouts, cricket club) — 7 11 6 6 3 Large public display 5 4 Casual incident in street etc. 17 13 14 10 6 5 Other place — 3 2 5 6 6 Indoors* 3 1 — — — Total 30 30 41 24 22 Type of Firework 1 Banger 10 7 2 4 6 2 Rocket 2 9 11 5 6 3 Roman candle, coloured fire etc. 2 5 7 1 — 4 Home-made or extracted powder 1 2 — 1 — 5 Other proprietary fireworks of which 1 1 4 2 — 5.1 Flyabout† 1 — 6 Sparklers.‡ 3 1 1 — — 7 Unspecified type 11 5 16 11 10 Severity of Injury 1 Fatal injury — — — — — 2 Detained more than one night 2 2 3 6 3 3 Sufficient to cause absence from work or equivalent 2 6 2 1 6 4 Minor injury 23 20 36 16 13 5 Unspecified injury 3 2 — 1 — Eye injuries (included in 2–5) 14 7 13 8 6 Age Group of Injured Persons Over 20 6 7 9 4 3 16–20 1 2 2 2 — 13–15 11 8 10 5 4 Under 13 12 13 20 13 15 * Included in 'other place' prior to 1978 † Included in other proprietary fireworks from 1978 ‡ Included in other proprietary fireworks prior to 1978