§ Mr. Joplingasked the Minister of Health how many women in Westmorland have had tests for the early diagnosis or cervical cancer in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonOur statistics record the smears examined in particular hospitals and are not related to local authority areas. Most of the smears from women living in Westmorland are examined at hospitals in the East Cumberland, West Cumberland and the North Lancashire and South Westmorland groups. In these hospitals, which also serve Cumberland and North Lancashire, smears were being examined at the following annual rates:
West and East Cumberland Groups North Cumberland and South Westmorland Groups November, 1964 … 3,600 144 December, 1965 … 12,276 2,160 December, 1966 … 12,312 2,388 Figures for earlier years are not available.