HC Deb 20 July 1977 vol 935 c630W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths have been due to hypothermia among pensioners in Grimsby in each of the past five years.

Mr. Orme

The numbers of residents of Grimsby of pensionable age whose death certificates contain mention of hypothermia are as follows:

1972 4
1973 1
1974 1
1975
1976 1 (provisional)

Only one death in 1972 and one in 1974 were attributed to hypothermia as the principal cause.