§ 95. Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Health for an estimate of the annual loss incurred from thefts at hospital stores.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodA precise estimate is not possible; but for the year ended 31st March, 1953, notified losses ascribed solely to theft, fraud or arson amounted to £16,000. Other notified losses, including stocktaking discrepancies, amounted to £176,000, but it is not known how much, if any, of this was the result of theft.