§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she is now able to issue the firework casualty figures for November 1975; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Alan WilliamsStatistics based on information provided by hospitals in
FIREWORK INJURIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES (4-WEEK PERIOD IN OCTOBER-NOVEMBER) 1975 1974 Year 1973 1972 1971 TOTAL 728 883 1,186 1,260 1,059 PLACE OF ACCIDENT (1) Family or private party 215 267 385 441 382 (2) Public or semi-public party 144 137 153 166 139 (3) Casual incident in street etc. 203 272 422 422 349 (4) Other place 65 89 119 95 88 (5) Do not know 101 118 107 136 101 TYPE OF FIREWORK (1) Banger 196 228 356 369 316 (2) Rocket 83 70 118 129 126 (3) Jumping Cracker 26 42 58 51 47 (4) Other flyabout (flying saucer, helicopter, whirlibird etc.) 25 52 Included in (7) (5) Display Firework (e.g. Roman Candle or Coloured Fires etc.) 117 151 280 262 223 (6) Home made or extracted powder 24 29 38 54 57 (7) Other 56 60 79 83 82 (8) Do not know 201 251 257 312 208 SEVERITY OF INJURY (1) Died 0 0 0 0 1 (2) Detained more than one night 43 70 80 91 69 (3) Sufficient to cause absence from work or equivalent 93 121 178 143 88 (4) Minor injury 572 654 892 1,009 879 (5) Do not know 20 38 36 17 22 AGE GROUP OF INJURED PERSONS Over 21 114 131 195 167 145 16–20 50 58 74 68 56 13–15 152 184 248 257 210 Under 13 412 510 669 768 648 SEX OF CASUALTIES Male 572 713 966 1,022 851 Female 156 170 219 235 203 Not recorded — — 1 3 5 EYE INJURIES 313 372 448 449 386