§ Mr. Haseldineasked the Minister of Health if he will publish in HANSARD the number of general practitioners per 100,000 of the population, by counties, serving the National Health Service.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe latest available figures are as follows:
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Area Number of Principals providing unrestricted general medical services, per 100,000 of the population (1) (2) England and Wales: Total … 42.2 England: Total … 41.9 Bedfordshire … 38.4 Berkshire … 43.5 Buckinghamshire … 37.7 Cambridgeshire … 43.9 Cheshire … 40.4 Cornwall … 52.3 Cumberland … 44.7 Derbyshire … 38.6 Devon … 50.0 Dorset … 49.8 Durham … 37.4 Essex … 39.6 Gloucestershire … 45.3 Hampshire … 44.3 Herefordshire … 46.8 Hertfordshire … 40.1 Huntingdonshire … 37.0 Kent … 42.5
Area Number of Principals providing unrestricted general medical services, per 100,000 of the population (1) (2) Lancashire 39.6 Leicestershire and Rutland 37.8 Lincolnshire 42.2 London 48.8 Middlesex 43.4 Norfolk 43.6 Northamptonshire 41.5 Northumberland 42.8 Nottinghamshire 38.1 Oxfordshire 45.4 Shropshire 45.5 Somerset 47.2 Staffordshire 37.3 Suffolk 45.0 Surrey 43.0 Sussex 48.1 Warwickshire 38.7 Westmorland 56.8 Wiltshire 39.1 Worcestershire 37.7 Yorkshire 40.7 Wales: Total 45.8 Anglesey 50.1 Breconshire 55.5 Caernarvonshire 57.5 Cardiganshire 60.1 Carmarthenshire 50.5 Denbighshire and Flintshire 45.0 Glamorgan 43.7 Merionethshire 61.2 Monmouthshire 41.1 Montgomeryshire 54.9 Pembrokeshire 480 Radnorshire 60.3 Notes: (a) The figures relate to estimated civilian population at 30th June, 1965, and the numbers of unrestricted principals at 1st October, 1965. (b) The areas shown are geographical counties with the exception of London, which comprises the City of London and the former London County Council area excluding North Woolwich (included in Essex).