§ 80. Mr. Gourlayasked the Minister of Health what is the number of 277W geriatric beds per thousand of the population for the area of each regional hospital board, at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. BraineAt 31st December, 1963, the numbers were:
Regional Hospital Board Number of beds per 1,000 population Newcastle … 1.1 Leeds … 1.7 Sheffield … 1.2 East Anglia … 1.7 North West Metropolitan … 0.8 1.1 North East Metropolitan … 1.3 South East Metropolitan … 1.3 South West Metropolitan … 1.0 Oxford … 1.3 South Western … 1.6 Welsh … 1.2 Birmingham … 1.3 Manchester … 1.4 Liverpool … 1.1 Wessex … 1.3