§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will carry out an inquiry as to why the number of attendants at the Tameside district general hospital mortuary has been reduced.
§ Mr. WhitneyNo. The management of Tameside district general hospital is the responsibility of Tameside and Glossop health authority. The hon. Member may therefore wish to seek the information he requires from the chairman of that authority.
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§ Mr. WhitneyThe numbers of deaths with any mention of hypothermia on the death certificate, irrespective of whether it did or did not appear as the underlying cause of death, by month of registration for 1980 to the latest available complete month of 1986 for England and Wales, are shown in the table. The figures for 1986 are provisional.