§ Mrs. Sally Oppenheimasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children were treated in hospital in England and Wales for the toxic effects of non-medicinal substances, between 1967 and the latest available date.
§ Dr. OwenThe number of children under 15 years of age admitted as inpatients to hospital in England and Wales suffering from or suspected to be suffering from the toxic effects of substances "chiefly non-medicinal as to source" for each of the years 1968 to 1972 inclusive is estimated to have been as follows. The figures are derived from a sample survey.
1968 7,645 1969 9,755 1970 9,790 1971 10,000 1972 9,580 I regret that precisely comparable figures for 1967 are not available.