§ Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Minister of Health what was the average size of general practitioner lists on the latest date for which figures are available; and what were the comparable figures in each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. Barber2,326 on 1st October, 1963. The comparable figures were:
1st July, 1958 … … 2,267 1959 … … 2,282 1960 … … 2,287 1st October, 1961 … … 2,292 1962 … … 2,304 The figures conceal a gradually increasing amount of inflation of doctors' lists 18W by the continued inclusion of names which should no longer be there.