§ Mr. Varleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT particulars of the accidents caused by fireworks during the period 16th October to 12th November, 1966, together with comparable figures for the four previous years.
FIREWORK INJURIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 A. Place where injury occurred (i) Family or Private Party 1,065 973 969 1,144 1,200 (ii) Public or semi-public Party in Parks or Open Space 428 411 340 372 531 (iii) Casual Incident in Street 415 463 624 717 816 (iv) Other Place 157 149 131 89 161 (v) Unknown 237 343 156 139 124 B. Type of Firework Involved (i) Banger 588 618 723 885 1,236 (ii) Rocket 335 357 335 280 266 (iii) Jumping Cracker 115 124 166 237 270 (iv) Display Firework e.g. Roman Candle 509 407 373 447 483 (v) Other than above (Including Home made Fireworks) 332 390 230 181 206 (vi) Unknown 423 443 393 431 371 C. Circumstances Leading to Injury (i) Ignition in Pocket 37 52 59 78 157 (ii) Accidental ignition in Box or Container 88 93 104 80 115 (iii) Examining Firework after faulty or delayed ignition 308 219 258 302 371 (iv) Holding Firework in Hand 417 432 401 548 570 (v) Delibertate Misuse 512 582 505 545 645 (vi) Other causes 593 500 551 555 537 (vii) Unknown 347 461 342 353 337 D. Age Group of Persons Injured (i) Over 21 493 457 436 398 418 (ii) 16–20 161 197 174 222 264 (iii) 13–15 359 413 389 509 664 (iv) Under 13 1,289 1,272 1,221 1,332 1,486 E. Nature of Injury (i) Eye 831 797 749 916 1,038 (ii) Face 482 543 481 493 642 (iii) Hand 723 816 707 827 978 (iv) Other Part of Body 494* 505 518 518 687 F. Severity of Injury (i) Died 0 0 2 0 0 (ii) Admitted to Hospital 259 213 241 332 483 (iii) Not admitted to Hospital but injury severe 292 163 336 387 505 (iv) Minor Injury 1,721 1,884 1,609 1,729 1,828 (v) Unknown 30 79 32 13 16 * These figures amount to more than the total of persons injured because some patients received injuries in more than one of the categories.