HC Deb 29 February 1988 vol 128 cc455-6W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths from hypothermia-related causes were registered in(a) the Leeds West constituency and (b) the Leeds metropolitan district council area since 1983, by month of registration.

Mrs. Currie

The Leeds, West parliamentary constituency is wholly contained within Leeds metropolitan county district. The table shows the number of registrations of deaths to usual residents of both areas which contained a mention of hypothermia on the death certificate, by month of registration from 1983. Ward (and thereby constituency) data for 1987 are not yet available.

Number of deaths by month of registration to usual residents of (a) Leeds metropolitan county district and (b) Leeds, West parliamentary constituency which contained a mention of hypothermia on the death certificate 1983 to 19872
Year and month Leeds metropolitan country district Leeds, West
1983
January 1 0
February 2 0
March 2 0
May 1 0
November 1 0
December 1 0
1984
January 2 0
February 2 0
March 2 0
April 1 0
June 1 1
October 1 0
November 1 0
1985
January 1 0
February 3 1
September 1 0
October 1 0
December 1 0
19862
January 4 2
February 3 0
March 4 0
May 1 0
June 1 0
19871 2
January 2 n/a
February 4 n/a
April 2 n/a
May 1 n/a
1 1987 is for January to September data only.
2 Provisional.