§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for the Isle of Ely, Official Report, 13 February 1981, c. 443, if he will give the number of cases of death by hypothermia in (a) those aged 65 years and over and (b) those aged five years and under that were recorded in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe available information is as follows:
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Total deaths with mention of hypothermia at ages 5 years and under and ages 65 and over, England and Wales, 1979 and 1980. Age 5 years and under 65 years and over 1979 23 687 1980 14 498 Similar data for 1981 should be available by the end of the year.