§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Minister of Health if he will state the ratio of general practitioners to patients in Wales for each of the years since 1952.
§ Mr. SnowThe estimated average number of patients on the lists of doctors providing full general medical services in 299W Wales on 1st January each year from 1952 onwards is set out below.
1952 … … … … 2,326 1953 … … … … 2,210 1954 … … … … 2,095 1955 … … … … 2,049 1956 … … … … 2,030 1957 … … … … 2,018 1958 … … … … 1,994 1959 … … … … 2,012 1960 … … … … 2,013 1961 … … … … 2,043 1962 … … … … 2,032 1963 … … … … 2,031 1964 … … … … 2,080 1965 … … … … 2,132 1966 … … … … 2,182 1967 … … … … 2,198 Note. The true figures will he slightly smaller since it is not possible to eliminate all duplicate entries from doctors' lists.