HC Deb 19 December 1986 vol 107 c790W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of deaths of babies in the first year of life as a result of hypothermia, whether as a primary or contributory factor, in each month since January 1979.

Mrs. Currie

The table shows the numbers of deaths with mention of hypothermia on the death certificate, irrespective of whether it did or did not appear as the underlying cause of death, for persons aged under one year by month of registration for England and Wales from January 1979 to the latest available month.