Deaths and hospital admissions for malnourishment of children known to social services

Colchester Borough Council did not have the information requested.

Good afternoon,

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.

1) How many children, who were known to your social services department, died between 1st January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including those dates)
1i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.
1ii. Please provide the ages of the children, and the cause of death.

2) How many children, who were known to your social services department, were admitted to hospital with malnourishment between 1st January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including those dates)
2i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.
2i. Please provide the ages of the children.

Please provide the dataset in an Excel format.

Yours faithfully,

Charlotte Lynch

Info, Colchester Borough Council

Dear Charlotte

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request.

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