What strange statistics the mandarins of Whitehall produce. I came across these on Child Death Reviews the other day.
I found them to be virtually impenetrable and surprisingly
uninformative.
The only purpose I can think of in having child death
reviews is to discover how children die and how they can be made safer. But
these statistics seem to concentrate on the child death review process, rather
than on issues of improved safety.
I defy anyone to read them and be any the wiser about how to
save children’s lives as a result.
