§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Health if he will set out in tabular form, for a convenient recent period, the main operations required by children, the numbers who required each operation, the average waiting period for such operations. and the numbers who received priority by payment, throughout England, and for Bournemouth, Eastbourne, Torquay, Stoke-on-Trent, Salford and Newcastle, respectively.
§ Mr. Vaughan-MorganI regret that this information is not available; and I can see no practicable way of obtaining it.
Municipal Borough or County Borough *1948 1950 1952 1954 Deaths Rate per 1,000 population (persons) Deaths Rate per 1,000 population (persons) Deaths Rate per 1,000 population (persons) Deaths Rate per 1,000 population (persons) Bournemouth C.B. … 145 1.06 195 1.40 164 1.18 140 0.99 Eastbourne C.B. … 43 0.76 49 0.84 44 0.77 65 1.13 Torquay M.B. … 54 1.07 68 1.33 59 1.20 54 1.07 Stoke-on-Trent C.B. … 395 1.44 450 1.63 436 1.60 404 1.47 Salford C.B. … 316 1.77 357 2.01 371 2.10 327 1.91 Newcastle C.B. … 383 1.30 507 1.72 376 1.30 367 1.28 *Note.—The figures for 1948 are not strictly comparable with those for later years owing to changes in the classification. I regret that the remaining information is not available.