HC Deb 18 March 1957 vol 567 cc5-6W
Mr. G. Thomas

asked the Minister of Health the total number of patients treated at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, in each of the years 1950 to 1955, inclusive.

Mr. Vosper

Following is the information:

Patients treated at Royal Marsden Hospital,1950–55
The numbers of in-patients treated (discharges and deaths during the year) are as follows:—
1950 2,178
1951 2,073
1952 1,976
1953 2,019
1954 2,334
1955 2,409

It is regretted that total numbers of all outpatients treated are not available. The numbers of patients attending out-patient consultative clinics for the first time in each year are given below, though the figures before 1954 are not reliable.

1950 2,159
1951 2,137
1952 2,176
1953 3,847
1954 3,116
1955 2,814