HC Deb 06 February 1991 vol 185 cc143-4W
Mrs. Golding

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 22 January,Official Report, column 166, on causes of deaths in specified cities, if he will give such figures as are available for each year from 1984.

Mr. John Patten

[holding answer 4 February 1991]: The information available from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys is given in the tables.

Table 1 Number of deaths registered due to Malnutrition1
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Greater London 9 13 9 4 4
Greater Manchester 1 0 1 1 1
Birmingham 0 1 1 1 2
Liverpool 0 0 0 1 0
England and Wales 70 63 68 43 59
1 International classification 263.9.

Table 2 Number of deaths registered due to self-neglect2
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Greater London 8 1 2 1 2
Greater Manchester 4 1 1 0 2
Birmingham 3 1 0 1 2
Liverpool 0 0 1 1 0
England and Wales 42 30 19 13 23
2 International classification 994.9/E904.0.

Table 3 Number of registered deaths with mention of Hypothermia
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Greater London 78 134 135 79 66
Greater Manchester 23 33 37 19 13
Birmingham 23 31 29 17 14
Liverpool 8 10 12 4 9
England and Wales 555 827 837 559 440

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