§ Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Minister of Health if he will state the average occupancy of Section 4 and Section 5 beds in each region at the latest date for which figures are available, distin- 31W guishing between occupancy by paying and by non-paying patients.
AVERAGE DAILY BED OCCUPANCY—YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1960 Region Section 4 Section 5 No. of beds designated Paying Patients Non-Paying Patients Total No. of beds designated Paying Patients Non-Paying Patients Total Newcastle 212 45.67 110.56 156.23 259 73.06 87.40 160.46 Leeds 449 243.59 68.15 311.74 332 166.60 50.56 217.16 Sheffield 476 202.10 230.42 432.52 353 151.35 63.56 214.91 East Anglia 107 24.40 44.71 69.11 150 68.97 28.32 97.29 North West Metropolitan 316 142.16 127.21 269.37 256 153.56 42.59 196.15 North East Metropolitan 168 63.44 62.66 126.10 207 78.82 60.54 139.36 South East Metropolitan 339 93.94 164.11 258.05 332 138.66 71.28 209.94 South West Metropolitan 903 549.04 158.04 707.08 306 150.44 51.65 202.09 Oxford 152 37.53 56.96 94.49 206 97.16 27.30 124.46 South Western 398 144.77 160.56 305.33 333 121.69 59.65 181.34 Welsh 104 18.91 44.85 63.76 99 31.02 23.01 54.03 Birmingham 465 101.47 200.17 301.64 513 188.83 122.45 311.28 Manchester 355 144.39 110.62 255.01 403 217.94 33.77 251.71 Liverpool 146 49.98 52.40 102.38 191 65.99 45.93 111.92 Wessex 290 101.85 124.30 226.15 201 93.75 44.26 138.01 Provincial Teaching Hospital: Newcastle 24 Nil 22.35 22.35 50 15.64 31.15 46.79 Leeds 25 12.70 6.57 19.27 74 60.80 1.42 62.22 Sheffield 29 1.08 22.49 23.57 49 29.33 5.72 35.05 Cambridge 14 11.37 1.55 12.92 23 14.25 2.36 16.61 Oxford 7 5.08 1.02 6.10 37 19.55 1.14 20.69 Bristol Nil Nil Nil Nil 20 4.37 12.02 16.39 Cardiff Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Birmingham 8 0.53 6.14 6.67 122 73.33 26.05 99.38 Manchester 64 2.61 49.20 51.81 104 66.63 12.07 78.70 Liverpool 42 26.66 3.14 29.80 84 31.94 11.67 43.61 Total Provincial Teaching Hospitals 213 60.03 112.46 172.49 563 315.84 103.60 419.44 London Teaching Hospitals: Undergraduate 159 49.96 80.58 130.54 690 525.56 27.90 553.46 Post-graduate 73 16.97 32.12 49.09 234 147.95 33.32 181.27 Total London Teaching Hospitals 232 66.93 112.70 179.63 924 673.51 61.22 734.73