Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Minister of Health how many hospital maternity beds are available within each Welsh county and county borough; and what is the relationship between the number of beds and the number of women of child-bearing age in each Welsh county and county borough.
§ Mr. RobinsonThe following are the figures:
Welsh counties (including associated County Boroughs Female population 15–49(1961) No. of maternity beds at 31.12.64 No. of female population per bed Anglesey 10,930 17 643 Breconshire 11,916 18 662 Caernarvonshire 25,883 84 308 Cardiganshire 11,349 26 436 Carmarthenshire 38,497 46 837 Denbighshire 38,640 106 365 Flintshire 33,550 96 349 Glamorgan 285,897 745 384 Merionethshire 7,851 10 785 Monmouthshire 102,031 194 526 Montgomeryshire 9,415 21 448 Pembrokeshire 21,002 43 489 Radnorshire 3,845 9 427 Total Wales 600,806 1,415 425 Note.—As the catchment areas of maternity hospitals are not related to local authority areas these figures are in some instances misleading as a measure of the provision made. For the same reason, the figures for county boroughs in which hospitals often serve the surrounding county areas have been included with those for the appropriate county.