Hospitals (In-Patients)

HC Deb 08 April 1971 vol 815 c268W

Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons aged 65 or above were treated as in-patients in hospitals in England and Wales in each of the years from 1965 to 1970, respectively.

Mr. Alison

The available information is as follows:

					Thousands
1965	…	…	…	…	818
1966	…	…	…	…	856
1967	…	…	…	…	873
1968	…	…	…	…	938

NOTES:

(1) The figures are based on estimated discharges and deaths from non-psychiatric hospitals and admissions to psychiatric hospitals and units.

(2) Figures for later years are not yet available.