§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Minister of Health if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT figures showing the average ratio 5W of effective nursing staff to patients in each of the following types of hospital, namely: long stay (geriatric), tuberculosis, maternity, and infectious diseases.
§ Miss PittThe information is not available exactly in the form requested but I can give the following:
Type of Hospital Effective nursing staff at 30th September, 1961, per 100 average daily occupied beds Chronic … 36.0 Tuberculosis and Chest … 46.1 Maternity: (a) Nursing staff … 26.2 (b) Midwifery staff … 63.6 Isolation … 87.5
WALES GREAT BRITAIN Boys Girls Boys Girls Year Number obtaining apprenticeships Percentage of total entering employment Number obtaining apprenticeships Percentage of total entering employment Number obtaining apprenticeships Percentage of total entering employment Number obtaining apprenticeships Percentage of total entering employment 1956 … 2,864 22.0 341 2.9 93,213 37.7 15,901 6.5 1957 … 2,894 22.4 393 3.2 95,184 36.6 16,851 7.0 1958 … 2,707 21.2 385 3.2 93,212 34.4 17,352 6.9 1959 … 3,323 23.2 505 3.7 98,701 33.6 20,631 7.4 1960 … 3,421 23.8 486 3.9 103,004 36.0 19,951 7.6 1961 … 4,230 28.2 647 4.7 114,729 37.9 20,547 7.2