Suicides

HC Deb 19 March 1970 vol 798 cc222-4W

Mr. Moonman

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many suicides occurred, and how many attempted suicides known to him were made per 10,000 of the population in the constituency of Billericay and the county of Essex, respectively, during 1968.

Mr. Haseldine

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many suicides occurred and how many attempted suicides known to him were made per 10,000 of the population in the constituency of Bradford, West, and the City of Bradford, respectively, during 1968.

Mr. O'Halloran

asked the Secretary State for Social Services how many suicides occurred, and how many attempted suicides known to him, were made per 10,000 of the population in the constituency of Islington, North, and the Islington Borough Council, respectively, during 1968.

Mr. James Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many suicides occurred and how many attempted suicides known to him were made per 10,000 of the population in the constituency of Kingston upon Hull, West and the City of Kingston upon Hull, respectively, during 1968.

Mr. Aldritt

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many suicides occurred and how many attempted suicides known to him were made per 10,000 of the population in the constituency of Liverpool, Scotland, and the City of Liverpool, respectively, during 1968.

Mr. Julius Silverman

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many suicides occurred, and how many attempted suicides known to him were made, per 10,000 of the population in the City of Birmingham during 1968.

Mr. Will Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many suicides occurred and how many attempted suicides known to him were made per 10,000 of the population in the City of Manchester during 1968.

Mr. Booth

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many suicides occurred and how many attempted suicides known to him were made per 10,000 of the population in Barrow-in-Furness during 1968.

Mr. Whitlock

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many suicides occurred, and how many patients were treated for suicide attempts per 10,000 of the population in the City of Nottingham during 1968.

Mr. Judd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many suicides occurred, and how many attempted suicides known to him were made, per 10,000 of the population in the City of Portsmouth County Borough Council during 1968.

Mr. Gregory

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many suicides occurred and how many attempted suicides known to him were made per 10,000 of the population in Stockport during 1968.

Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many suicides occurred and how many attempted suicides known to him were made per 10,000 of the population in the constituency of York during 1968.

Dr. John Dunwoody

The numbers of deaths assigned to suicide (ICD code BE 49) in 1968, with rates per 10,000 population, were as follows:

	Numbers	Rates per 10,000 population
Essex (geographical county)	114	0.88
Nottingham County Borough	45	1.48
Stockport County Borough	16	1.14
Portsmouth County Borough	26	1.19
Barrow-in-Furness County Borough	12	1.88
Manchester County Borough	66	1.09
Birmingham County Borough	58	0.54
Liverpool County Borough	64	0.93
Kingston-upon-Hull County Borough	33	1.12
Bradford County Borough	19	0.65
Islington London Borough	20	0.83
York parliamentary constituency	15	1.38
Billericay parliamentary constituency	11	0.62

Information is not separately available for the other constituencies mentioned, nor regarding cases of attempted suicide.