§ Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLEasked the Postmaster-General the number of automatic exchanges which now exist in London and the percentage of subscribers using them as compared with those using the superseded system; and which are the next districts to be taken in hand for transference from the old system to the automatic system?
§ Mr. ATTLEEThe total number of automatic exchanges already working in the London telephone area is 37, and the number of subscribers' lines connected with these exchanges is about 28 per cent. of the total number in the London area. It is hoped to open the following automatic exchanges in London during the next 18 months:
Whitehall. Mayfair. Southall. Hither Green. Acorn (Acton). Regent. Prospect (Barnes). Tulse Hill. Hampstead. Wordsworth (Kenton). Perivale (Castlebar). Langham. Byron (South Harrow). Grosvenor. Bethnal Green. Bayswater. Bowes Park. Merton Abbey.