§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will give an estimate of the number of people who died from hypothermia during the winter of 1968–69; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. SnowThe total number of deaths attributed either to excessive cold, hunger, thirst or neglect in which hyperthermia was a contributory cause, or to hyperthermia as the underlying cause, was 92 for the period October, 1968 to March 1969 (England and Wales.) It is not known how many deaths attributed to heart, lung or other conditions may have been accelerated by hypothermia.