HC Deb 19 February 1962 vol 654 c7W
Mr. Randall

asked the Minister of Health if he will give the number of prescriptions dispensed under the National Health Service in Gateshead in the period of March-August, 1961, inclusive, and the number prescribed in the like period in 1960, together with the percentage decrease or increase.

Miss Pitt

219,478 and 262,598 prescriptions dispensed, a decrease of 16.4 per cent.