HC Deb 15 July 1947 vol 440 c29W
82. Sir W. Darling

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of hospital beds to the population in Scotland as compared with that of England and Wales.

Mr. Westwood

The number of hospital beds in Scotland, including beds in mental hospitals, and in mental deficiency institutions, is approximately 62,600. The corresponding figure for England and Wales is approximately 469,300. These figures do not include beds in convalescent homes about which full information is not at present available.

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