§ 23. Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many boys and girls aged between 12 and 20 years of age were treated in hospitals for poisoning by pills or drugs in 1961 and how many in 1971; how many in each year died; and how many in each year were treated as cases of suicide or attempted suicide.
§ Mr. AlisonInformation is not available in precisely the form requested. Four thousand four-hundred and eighty hospital in-patient cases aged 10–24 were classified as due to medicinal poisoning in 1961, and 22,330 in 1970, the latest available figure. The corresponding deaths were 52 in 1961 and 221 in 1971. Deaths classified as suicides were 35 in 1961 and 113 in 1971.
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§ 52. Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children under the age of five years have been treated in hospitals for poisoning by pills or drugs during 1961 and 1971, inclusive; and how many of such children died as a result of that poisoning.
§ Mr. Alison3,050 hospital in-patient cases were classified as due to medicinal poisoning in 1961, and 15,790 in 1970, the latest available figure. The figures of deaths were 12, 19 and 20 in 1961, 1970 and 1971, respectively.
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many boys and girls aged between 8 and 11 years of age were treated in hospital for poisoning by pills or drugs in each of the years from 1961 onwards; and how many in each year were treated as cases of suicide or attempted suicide.
§ Mr. AlisonInformation is not available in precisely the form requested.
The estimated number of hospital inpatient cases classified as due to medicinal poisoning in England and Wales is as follows:
Year Age group 5–9 Age group 10–12 1962 200 110 1963 190 180 1964 250 170 1965 420 150 1966 460 170 1967 590 120 1968 870 350 1969 1,130 360 1970 1,020 320 Note: The method of classifying to medicinal poisoning was changed between 1963 and 1964 and between 1967 and 1968, the earlier figures in each case being less fully representative of these cases. Hospital cases of suicide or attempted suicide cannot be separately distinguished.