HC Deb 12 February 1976 vol 905 cc319-20W
Mr. Golding

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is her estimate of the incidence of hypothermia in the years since 1970.

Mr. Meacher

I am unable to make such an estimate because medical evidence is inconclusive. The only firm information I have is obtained from death

Mr. Robert C. Brown

Under long-standing arrangements, National Health Service patients may be admitted at Service hospitals in the United Kingdom to beds available after Service requirements been met. In addition, beds are allocated on a contractual basis for use by National Health Service patients at the following hospitals:

certificates, which suggest that in England And Wales the number of deaths attributable solely or mainly to hypothermia since 1970 was as follows: 1970, 16; 1971, 15; 1972, 21; 1973, 22; 1974, 17.