§ Mr. Tom Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of deaths in Scotland from hypothermia for each month since January 1981 broken down by age group.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[pursuant to his reply, 21 October 1987, c. 744]: The information is as follows:
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Under 25 25 to 34 34 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 to 84 85+ Total October — — — 1 1 4 4 3 13 November 1 — — 1 1 2 4 2 11 December 1 — — 2 2 5 9 4 23 Total 5 2 2 15 16 35 60 44 179 1984 January 1 1 — 1 6 13 19 12 53 February — — — 1 4 4 6 9 24 March — — 1 — — 9 5 1 16 April 1 — — — 3 2 3 4 13 May — — — 1 3 — 1 — 5 June — — — — — 1 3 1 5 July — — — — — — 1 — 1 August — — — — 1 — 1 1 3 September — — — — 1 1 2 — 4 October 1 — — 2 1 4 1 1 10 November — 1 — — 3 6 7 4 21 December — — — 1 1 4 7 8 21 Total 3 2 1 6 23 44 56 41 176 1985 January — 1 — — 5 19 29 11 65 February — 1 — — — 5 18 11 35 March — — — 2 1 2 10 9 24 April — — — 1 2 6 7 3 19 May — — — — — — 3 4 7 June — — — — — — 1 — 1 July — — — — — — 1 2 3 August 1 — — — — — 4 2 7 September — — 1 — — — 2 3 6 October — — — — 2 3 — 1 6 November — 1 — 3 2 6 10 10 32 December 1 — — — 4 5 8 9 27 Total 2 3 1 6 16 46 93 65 232 1986 January — 2 3 2 4 12 25 6 54 February — — — 2 1 5 14 6 28 March — — 1 1 3 6 10 7 28 April — — — — 2 2 7 5 16 May — — — 1 1 1 2 2 7 June — — — — — — — 2 2 July — — — — — 1 — 1 2 August — — — — — 1 6 2 9 September — — — — 1 1 5 2 9 October — — — — 3 — 6 2 11 November 1 — — 2 2 6 6 3 20 December 2 — 2 — 2 6 9 2 23 Total 3 2 6 g 19 41 90 40 209 19871 January — 1 3 — 4 11 15 11 45 February — — 1 1 — 2 7 4 15 March — — 1 1 3 4 7 3 19 April 1 — 1 2 3 2 2 2 13 May — 1 — 1 — 2 2 — 6 June — — — — 1 1 1 1 4 July — — — — — — — 1 1 August 2 — — — — — 2 1 5 September — — — — — — 4 3 7 October November December Total 3 2 6 5 11 22 40 26 115 1 provisional figures.