HC Deb 29 November 1965 vol 721 c119W
2. Mr. Park

asked the Minister of Health how many children were being treated in adult wards of hospitals in England and Wales on the latest date for which statistics are available; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. K. Robinson

3,237 children under 12 in March, 1965. Of these, 878 or fewer than 5 per cent. of all children in hospital were actually with adults; the rest were separated from them in side wards or cubicles.