HC Deb 14 March 1988 vol 129 cc463-4W
Mr. Simon Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children, under the age of 18 years, were drowned in each of the last 10 years.

Mrs. Currie

The information is show in the table. The latest year for which data are available is 1986.

Registrations of deaths with drowning (ICD1 994.1) as underlying cause of death. Persons 0 to 17 years of age, England and Wales 1977 to 86
Year Number
1977 167
1978 162

Year Number
1979 151
1980 128
1981 139
1982 131
1983 130
1984 97
1985 95
21986 90
1 International Classification of Diseases, 8th and 9th Revision.
2 28 days and over, provisional.

Forward to