HC Deb 05 November 1986 vol 103 cc476-7W
Mr. Hancock

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have died from hypothermia in Portsmouth from the period 1 November 1985 to the latest available date.

Mrs. Currie

The provisional number of deaths to usual residents of Portsmouth county district, with any mention of hypothermia on the death certificate, irrespective of whether it did or did not appear as the underlying cause of death, registered in the period 1 November 1985 to 30 September 1986 inclusive, is seven.