HC Deb 21 December 1966 vol 738 c308W
15. Mrs. Cullen

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of beds provided for geriatric patients in the city of Glasgow from 1951 to 1963, respectively.

Mr. Millan

I regret that no statistics are available for 1951. There were 844 hospital beds in 1953, and 1,233 in 1963.

The number of hospital beds available for geriatric patients in the Glasgow area from 1953 to 1963, is as follows:—

1953 844
1954 906
1955 916
1956 916
1957 1,028
1958 996
1959 1,023
1960 1,053
1961 1,207
1962 1,190
1963 1,233