§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for each family practitioner committee area for 1979 and each subsequent year the number of patients registered with dentists, the number of dental practices and the ratio between the two.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkePatients are not registered with dentists nor are figures available on practices. The tables therefore give for each family practitioner committee area in England the total number of dentists wholly or mainly in practice in each area and the ratio of persons per dentist at 30 September for the years 1979–1983:
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Area Dentists* in practice† Persons per dent-ist Dentists* in practice† Persons per dent-ist Dentists* in practice† Persons per dent- ist Dentists* in practice† Persons per dent- ist Dentists* in practice† Persons per dent-ist Northern RHA Cleveland FPC 93 6,114 93 6,100 95 5,983 102 5,558 108 5,230 Cumbria FPC 111 4,233 111 4,220 114 4,180 118 4,089 121 3,992 Durham FPC 95 6,348 99 6,093 102 5,945 110 5,528 117 5,186 Northumberland FPC 56 5,163 62 4,679 60 5,008 61 4,913 67 4,481 Gateshead FPC 37 5,738 40 5,260 39 5,490 40 5,290 44 4,777 Newcastle Upon Tyne FPC 84 3,418 87 3,300 86 3,315 88 3,193 86 3,270 North Tyneside FPC 50 3,860 48 4,002 49 4,084 47 4,191 52 3,750 South Tyneside FPC 22 7,391 22 7,313 23 7,065 24 6,692 23 6,935 Sunderland FPC 47 6,400 46 6,559 48 6,231 55 5,444 61 4,908 Yorkshire RHA Humberside FPC 132 6,430 137 6,201 146 5,832 155 5,521 166 5,145 North Yorkshire FPC 186 3,505 193 3,381 199 3,332 205 3,308 215 3,185 Bradford FPC 115 4,015 115 4,021 117 3,967 122 3,809 121 3,834 Calderdale FPC 39 4,856 40 4,715 45 4,278 49 3,914 51 3,765 Kirklees FPC 70 5,417 76 5,004 78 4,838 78 4,835 83 4,546 Leeds FPC 213 3,401 218 3,321 224 3,206 225 3,183 239 2,987 Wakefield FPC 59 5,247 59 5,268 61 5,136 64 4,897 70 4,459 Trent RHA Derbyshire FPC 164 5,477 176 5,116 175 5,201 178 5,117 188 4,846 Leicester FPC 169 4,940 168 4,982 179 4,775 186 4,627 198 4,362 Lincolnshire FPC 95 5,517 102 5,176 100 5,374 98 5,631 97 5,714 Nottinghamshire FPC 200 4,867 204 4,772 213 4,652 207 4,789 219 4,531 Bamsley FPC 40 5,545 40 5,550 39 5,790 41 5,498 43 5,228 Doncaster FPC 46 6,189 57 5,012 62 4,644 61 4,733 64 4,528 Rotherham FPC 46 5,407 47 5,306 56 4,498 53 4,772 54 4,689 Sheffield FPC 131 4,156 136 3,996 134 4,086 142 3,844 145 3,743 East Anglian RHA Cambridgeshire FPC 118 4,825 123 4,678 131 4,415 136 4,401 143 4,206 Norfolk FPC 154 4,431 165 4,177 170 4,096 177 3,982 187 3,804 Suffolk FPC 151 3,863 154 3,818 165 3,574 170 3,595 169 3,624 North West Thames RHA Bedfordshire FPC 90 5,510 102 4,910 106 4,761 108 4,740 122 4,204 Hertfordshire FPC 307 3,095 318 3,003 343 2,808 347 2,788 347 2,811 Barnet FPC 143 2,024 138 2,088 140 2,109 146 2,019 152 1,937 Brent and Harrow FPC 178 2,516 178 2,505 183 2,475 184 2,461 198 2,290 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow FPC 254 2,566 252 3,604 260 2,467 256 2,484 253 2,510 Hillingdon FPC 69 3,277 72 3,165 73 3,149 71 3,279 70 3,346 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster FPC 345 1,040 332 1,074 331 1,024 346 932 350 909 North East Thames RHA Essex FPC 319 4,521 339 4,283 344 4,288 366 4,055 384 3,885 Barking and Havering FPC 90 4,322 88 4,419 92 4,266 90 4,373 97 4,025 Camden and Islington FPC 185 1,935 203 1,752 209 1,679 212 1,598 205 1,650 City and East London FPC 149 3,823 142 3,998 147 3,765 148 3,684 162 3,373 Enfield and Haringey FPC 150 3,217 147 3,272 150 3,131 159 2,935 158 2,961 Redbridge and Waltham Forest FPC 133 3,338 139 3,188 143 3,126 139 3,191 145 3,050 South East Thames RHA East Sussex FPC 219 2,988 228 2,877 239 2,788 261 2,569 262 2,572 Kent FPC 376 3,851 386 3,768 398 3,702 421 3,529 433 3,433 Greenwich and Bexley FPC 110 3,775 111 3,749 120 3,380 120 3,616 126 3,444 Bromley FPC 109 2,664 104 2,788 111 2,694 113 2,636 116 2,579 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham FPC 236 3,066 234 3,076 245 2,922 261 2,666 267 2,593 South West Thames RHA Surrey FPC 380 2,599 390 2,532 398 2,535 405 2,503 411 2,462 West Sussex FPC 227 2,833 231 2,813 240 2,774 245 2,745 253 2,683 Croydon FPC 135 2,373 142 2,245 141 2,283 147 2,187 145 2,211
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Area Dentists* in practice† Persons per dent-ist Dentists* in practice† Persons per dent-ist Dentists* in practice† Persons per dent- ist Dentists* in practice† Persons per dent- ist Dentists* in practice† Persons per dent-ist Northern RHA Kingston and Richmond FPC 114 2,604 115 2,563 112 2,656 115 2,557 114 2,583 Merton, Sutton and Wandswoith FPC 202 2,977 198 3,027 208 2,899 215 2,768 229 2,592 Wessex RHA Dorset FPC 183 3,196 184 3,208 190 3,108 194 3,116 199 3,061 Hampshire FPC 398 3,557 403 3,534 419 3,418 425 3,497 447 3,354 Wiltshire FPC 117 4,297 116 4,376 121 4,190 127 4,154 135 3,941 Isle of Wight FPC 30 3,843 28 4,146 31 3,752 32 3,719 35 3,423 Oxford RHA Berkshire FPC 184 3,679 185 3,703 201 3,401 208 3,363 225 3,142 Buckinghamshire FPC 146 3,635 153 3,518 171 3,315 179 3,245 189 3,069 Northamptonshire FPC 102 5,122 105 5,016 114 4,688 119 4,513 125 4,308 Oxfordshire FPC 144 3,694 155 3,450 158 3,318 164 3,339 173 3,181 South Western RHA Avon FPC 309 2,985 322 2,870 323 2,861 327 2,847 322 2,907 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly FPC 114 3,630 119 3,494 124 3,387 135 3,182 136 3,178 Devon FPC 295 3,174 307 3,064 317 2,967 320 3,019 333 2,922 Gloucestershire FPC 145 3,412 154 3,233 156 3,208 163 3,101 167 3,031 Somerset FPC 123 3,356 124 3,352 132 3,220 139 3,110 137 3,180 West Midlands RHA Hereford and Worcester FPC 143 4,309 138 4,496 156 4,061 159 4,016 167 3,835 Salop FPC 96 3,808 97 3,787 102 3,701 110 3,458 115 3,326 Staffordshire FPC 180 5,546 187 5,362 199 5,096 208 4,899 208 4,894 Warwickshire FPC 99 4,716 108 4,334 107 4,416 115 4,150 116 4,119 Birmingham FPC 257 4,022 263 3,914 264 3,872 275 3,699 273 3,710 Coventry FPC 73 4,648 70 4,829 76 4,192 78 4,069 74 4,269 Dudley FPC 55 5,384 56 5,293 60 5,012 67 4,494 69 4,361 Sandwell FPC 63 4,871 66 4,614 70 4,427 68 4,549 74 4,153 Solihull FPC 42 4,719 41 4,832 44 4,511 44 4,530 45 4,442 Walsall FPC 44 5,986 43 6,105 45 5,944 48 5,567 52 5,102 Wolverhampton FPC 50 5,164 50 5,130 52 4,933 54 4,730 58 4,403 Mersey RHA Cheshire FPC 241 3,841 230 4,038 242 3,832 248 3,758 251 3,718 Liverpool FPC 123 2,445 129 3,978 120 4,323 127 4,021 131 3,836 St. Helens and Knowsley FPC 75 6,936 74 4,927 80 4,551 75 4,832 73 4,932 Sefton FPC 77 4,784 76 3,937 77 3,905 76 3,930 78 3,844 WirralFPC 89 3,848 95 3,589 95 3,589 104 3,262 103 3,286 North Western RHA Lancashire FPC 284 4,819 290 4,710 294 4,698 315 4,394 331 4,162 Bolton FPC 53 4,908 56 4,645 60 4,383 61 4,300 61 4,292 Bury FPC 43 4,153 46 3,883 47 3,779 56 3,136 58 3,014 Manchester FPC 136 3,522 140 3,385 138 3,364 144 3,185 144 3,177 Oldham FPC 42 5,319 41 5,449 45 4,929 49 4,502 51 4,331 Rochdale FPC 45 4,644 45 4,642 46 4,530 47 4,406 47 4,391 Salford FPC 49 5,155 51 4,900 48 5,154 55 4,465 50 4,900 Stockport FPC 91 3,204 89 3,262 92 3,163 93 3,112 96 3,009 Tameside FPC 46 4,748 50 4,346 51 4,290 54 4,015 57 3,795 Trafford FPC 62 3,613 63 3,530 63 3,527 63 3,489 69 3,170 Wigan FPC 55 5,658 59 5,259 62 5,000 66 4,685 68 4,532 * A dentist practising in more than one FPC area has been included in the area in which the major part of his or her work (in the quarter ended 30 September each year) was carried out. † Dentists employed by Health Authorities are excluded.