§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths from hypothermia there have been in the last five years in Great Grimsby.
§ Mr. WhitneyThere have been two deaths registered between 1 January 1981 and 1 November 1985 with a mention of hypothermia on the death certificate to residents of Great Grimsby, one female in 1982 and one male in 1983.
Region 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85* Number of cases Payments £ Number of cases Payments £ Number of cases Payments £ Number of cases Payments £ Northern 117 119,431 115 184,381 79 188,609 110 141,399 Yorkshire 171 103,893 198 143,624 245 184,038 262 322,560 Trent 183 203,477 226 204,167 254 313,289 288 318,972 East Anglian 73 133,325 93 105,464 119 182,596 145 222,633 North West Thames 125 221,005 106 216,922 97 164,216 113 534,736 North East Thames 310 308,545 339 621,980 294 501,903 294 766,875 South East Thames 234 156,217 240 277,666 245 247,652 227 469,300 South West Thames 388 842,094 328 216,962 463 708,190 365 320,771 Wessex 118 124,796 152 122,498 219 692,553 216 181,534 Oxford 38 50,774 80 32,353 65 70,426 77 133,937 South Western 132 187,423 186 177,383 129 328,785 115 305,779 West Midlands 293 312,521 341 661,127 329 242,007 367 371,489 Mersey 175 128,885 198 125,638 233 392,275 273 266,350 North Western 424 539,395 372 431,446 487 563,997 518 545,479 Total 2,781 3,432,781 2,974 3,521,611 3,258 4,780,536 3,370 4,901,814