§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for each London district health authority the number of(a) attendances at hospital accident and emergency departments and (b) admissions to hospital of babies in the first six months of life for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. YeoThe available information is shown in the tables.
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Table 1 Attendance at London accident and emergency departments for the
latest available year
1990–91 Number Barnet 113,180 Harrow 41,417 Hillingdon 87,513 Hounslow and Spelthorne 112,534 Ealing 57,823 Riverside 105,760 Parkside 144,459 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 112,038 Hampstead 47,961 Bloomsbury1 73,805 Islington1 63,750 City and Hackney 101,249 Newham 67,084 Tower Hamlets 76,133 Enfield 57,558 Haringey 73,224 Redbridge 54,448 Waltham Forest 85,927 Bexley 70,213 Greenwich 104,069 Bromley 64,844 West Lambeth 74,129 Camberwell 71,535 Lewisham and North Southwark 159,048 Croydon 83,777 Kingston and Esher 61,617 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 33,724 Wandsworth 73,658 Merton and Sutton 79,297 The Hospitals for Sick Children 25,018 National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 0 Moorfields Eye Hospital 51,228 Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals 8,971 Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital 0
1990–91 Number The Royal Marsden Hospital 0 Hammersmith and Queen Charlottes 27,588 The Eastman Dental Hospital 9,634 Source: SD1A; KHO9 return.
1 These districts were merged in 1990–91
Table 2 Estimated number of hospital episodes for babies of six months and
under for the latest available year (1989–90):
Ordinary Admissions Day Cases Total Barnet 506 84 590 Harrow 378 63 441 Hillingdon 417 69 487 Hounslow and Spelthorne 527 88 615 Ealing 357 59 417 Riverside 534 89 623 Parkside 580 96 676 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 962 160 1,122 Hampstead 339 56 396 Bloomsbury 492 82 573 Islington 435 72 507 City and Hackney 548 91 639 Newham 707 118 825 Tower Hamlets 902 150 1,052 Enfield 523 87 610 Haringey 594 99 693 Redbridge 421 70 491 Waltham Forest 725 121 846 Bexley 237 39 276 Greenwich 591 98 689 Bromley 516 86 602 West Lambeth 364 61 425 Camberwell 743 124 866 Lewisham and North Southwark 1,149 191 1,341 Croydon 552 92 643 Kingston and Esher 484 81 565 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 311 52 363 Wandsworth 615 102 718 Merton and Sutton 736 122 858 Totals 16,246 2,702 18,948 Source: Hospital Episode Statistics 1989–90.