HC Deb 20 December 1965 vol 722 cc373-4W
Mr. Maddan

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the total numbers of people injured, the numbers of those detained in hospital, and the numbers killed by fireworks during 1962, when the British Fireworks Manufacturers Safety Association was established, 1963, 1964, and so far in 1965, respectively, both for the country as a whole and for Sussex separately.

Mr. George Thomas

The only statistics I have relate to casualties treated by hospitals during the fireworks season. The figures for 1965 will not be available until February of next year: those for 1962 to 1964 are given below.

  • Professor J. N. Morris
  • Dr. R. A. Parker
  • Mrs. B. Serota
  • Mr. M. R. F. Simson