§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) of the persons who died in each of the years from 1953 to 1970, inclusive, other than in hospitals or other institutions for the care of the sick, how many were living alone, how many were receiving care from home nursing services supplied by local or public authorities, and how many died of cancer;
(2) of the persons who died in hospitals or other institutions for the care of the sick, in each of the years from 1953 to 1970, inclusive, how many and what proportion in each year died of cancer.
§ Mr. AlisonI regret that information is not available about how many of those who died were living alone or receiving nursing care. Figures for deaths from cancer are as follows:
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§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths occurred in hospitals in each of the years from 1965 to 1970, of persons aged below 25, below 35, below 45, below 65 and 65 and above, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonThe available information, based on the number of deaths in psychiatric hospitals and the estimated number of deaths in non-psychiatric hospitals, is as follows:
Age 1965 1966 1967 1968 Below 25 13,934 14,170 12,411 12,718 25–34 2,499 2,608 2,249 2,405 35–44 6,952 6,992 6,413 5,894 45.64 62,190 64,048 60,588 62,083 65 and over 177,524 190,403 183,630 199,159 Notes:
1. Figures for later years are not yet available.
2. Figures for non-National Health Service hospitals are not available.