§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths have been due to hypothermia among pensioners in Birmingham in each of the past eight years.
§ Mr. OrmeThe numbers of residents of pensionable age in Birmingham Metropolitan District whose certified cause of death included mention of hypothermia are available for the following years:
1971 … … … … 24 1972 … … … … 9 1973 … … … … 16 1974 … … … … 20 1975 … … … … 20 In only one of these cases was the death attributed solely or mainly to this cause.
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