§ Mr. McAllionasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of hypothermia and cold-related deaths in Dundee as a proportion of such deaths in Scotland for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is as follows:
Death mentioning hypothermia: Dundee city as a percentage of Scotland 1979 to 1986 Percentage 1979 3.1 1980 4.5 1981 3.1 1982 5.1 1983 6.1 1984 2.8 1985 3.4 1986 3.3
§ Mr. Nigel Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will give the number of hypothermia and cold-related deaths in Scotland in each year from 1977 to 1987 by monthly total;
(2) if he will give the number of hypothermia and cold-related deaths in Lothian region in each year from 1977 to 1986 by monthly total;
(3) if he will give the number of hypothermia and cold-related deaths in Edinburgh in each year from 1977 to 1987 by monthly total;
(4) if he will give the number of hypothermia and cold-related deaths in Edinburgh, South in each year from 1977 to 1987 by monthly total.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 26 October 1987]: The information is as follows:
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1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 11987 November 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 5 6 1 December 4 4 5 8 13 10 6 3 7 8 Total 26 28 44 29 39 38 39 40 48 36 19 1 Provisional.
Deaths from hypothermia in Edinburgh city 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 11987 January 6 5 8 3 4 10 2 6 11 6 7 February 4 7 5 2 4 4 4 6 4 3 1 March 1 1 7 5 3 1 2 2 7 7 3 April — — 4 2 4 1 4 3 2 — — May 2 — 1 — 1 2 1 1 — — 1 June — 1 1 — — — 1 1 — — — July — 2 1 — — — 2 — 1 — — August — — 1 1 — — — 1 3 2 — September 2 — — — — 1 2 — 1 — — October 1 1 — — 3 — 2 3 1 — November 2 — 1 2 1 1 3 3 5 1 December 3 4 4 4 11 6 — 5 7 Total 21 21 33 19 31 26 29 26 40 26 12 1Provisional. Information is not readily available for Edinburgh, South parliamentary constituency.