HC Deb 24 February 1981 vol 999 cc348-9W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people died of hypothermia within Tayside health board's area in the latest available year.

Mr. Fairgrieve

Six deaths were registered in Tayside in 1979 where hypothermia was stated to be the underlying cause of death. A change of the international classification of diseases for 1979 has had the effect of increasing the number of cases allocated to hypothermia.

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