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Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated January 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people died from factors attributable to cold weather in (a) each London borough and (b) each English region in each of the last 10 years. (247032)
Estimates of excess winter deaths are based on the difference between the number of deaths during the four winter months (December to March) and the average number of deaths during the preceding four months (August to November) and the following four months (April to July). It is not possible to say whether these deaths were related to cold weather. The table attached provides the number of excess winter deaths in (a) each London Borough and (b) each government office region from 1997/98 to 2006/07 (the latest available).
Deaths (persons) Area 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 London boroughs City of London 0 0 10 10 0 0 -10 0 0 10 Barking and Dagenham 40 120 200 120 90 100 90 110 60 60 Barnet 150 260 290 60 240 130 110 140 100 50 Bexley 130 170 190 140 10 150 70 150 110 120 Brent 60 150 180 70 70 70 100 90 30 40 Bromley 50 280 260 190 50 150 120 120 130 150 Camden 80 120 120 70 50 60 70 90 50 30 Croydon 130 290 320 160 190 100 100 150 130 40 Ealing 110 140 210 50 120 120 70 150 50 60 Enfield 150 280 260 40 120 180 70 150 80 60 Greenwich 60 130 190 110 60 70 70 140 20 60 Hackney 60 120 120 60 40 90 0 50 80 60 Hammersmith and Fulham 10 90 120 80 60 100 0 110 50 70 Haringey 80 120 100 50 70 110 60 60 50 30 Harrow 120 140 150 100 80 60 80 90 70 40 Havering 30 230 290 50 150 180 170 160 100 90 Hillingdon 130 130 240 110 120 100 70 150 120 70 Hounslow 80 150 180 100 110 80 60 20 130 -10 Islington 40 100 80 20 70 40 40 80 70 70 Kensington and Chelsea 40 50 80 30 40 40 50 70 30 60 Kingston upon Thames 90 120 150 70 110 40 40 90 110 80 Lambeth 60 130 180 80 30 90 70 70 110 60 Lewisham 80 170 210 120 110 140 40 150 90 80 Merton 70 120 140 90 20 60 40 90 90 100 Newham 30 140 280 110 100 100 40 100 20 50 Redbridge 80 260 220 80 140 60 80 130 100 100 Richmond upon Thames 110 170 160 20 60 100 70 100 70 60 Southwark 100 80 210 110 60 40 50 80 50 80 Sutton 90 150 150 110 80 10 50 120 130 60 Tower Hamlets 50 140 110 80 50 30 10 80 80 60 Waltham Forest 70 170 190 120 60 100 30 170 70 50 Wandsworth 120 140 180 90 110 80 60 150 140 110 Westminster 50 100 130 100 70 40 60 30 40 30 Government office regions North East 1,550 2,370 2,680 1,550 1,530 1,260 1,190 1,460 1,080 1,510 North West 2,770 7,350 6.090 3,730 4,040 3,180 3,560 4,440 3,000 3,430 Yorkshire and the Humber 2,460 4,760 4,620 2,570 2.840 2,230 2,710 3,250 2,070 2,330 East Midlands 2,000 4,090 3,820 2,200 2,300 2,050 1,990 2,460 1,990 2,010 West Midlands 2,460 4,860 5,290 2,590 2,670 2,610 2,560 3,590 2,710 2,670 East of England 2,540 4,800 4,880 2,430 2,790 2,480 2,280 3,290 2,810 2,570 London 2,520 4,940 5,870 2,780 2,750 2,810 2,040 3,440 2,560 2,070 South East 3,210 6,710 7,680 3,150 4,140 3,670 3,310 4,590 4,680 3,030 South West 2,240 4,130 4,730 2,270 2,740 2,360 2,290 3,220 2,840 2,780 1 The estimated number of excess winter deaths is the difference between the number of deaths during the four winter months (December to March) and the average number of deaths during the preceding four months (August to November) and the following four months (April to July). Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2 Data are based on deaths occurring in each month.