§ Mr. Moynihanasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish the figures of injuries caused by fireworks in 1984.
§ Mr. FletcherAccording to reports from hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland, 778 people required 89W treatment for injuries caused by fireworks during a four-week period in October and November 1984. The figures for 1984 and the preceding four years are as follows:
Firework injuries in Great Britain (4-week period in October-November) 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 Total 778 833 626 681 555 Place of accident 1. Family or private party 231 311 189 231 168 2. Semi-public party (eg scouts, cricket club) 65 84 53 58 47 3. Large public display 108 111 88 101 95 4. Casual incident in street etc. 298 257 220 229 194 5. Other place 59 54 61 46 31 6. Indoors 17 16 15 16 20 Type of firework 1. Banger 175 184 147 167 135 2. Rocket 115 107 71 102 66 3. Roman candle, coloured fire etc. 103 114 84 107 81 4. Home-made or extracted powder 21 15 35 26 19 5. Other proprietary fireworks 74 78 82 64 46 6. Sparklers 65 95 40 48 33 7. Unspecified type 225 240 167 167 175 Severity of injury 1. Fatal injury* 1 — — — — 2. Detained more than one night 55 61 33 24 46 3. Sufficient to cause absence from work or equivalent 161 147 67 62 82 4. Minor injury 506 592 489 531 403 5. Unspecified injury 55 33 37 64 24 Eye injuries (included in 2–5) 295 293 241 261 261 Age group of injured persons Over 20 180 215 139 132 100 16–20 109 108 73 89 66 13–15 208 173 149 173 151 Under 13 281 337 265 287 238 * A man of 21 died as a result of attempting to make a firework at home.