§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of general medical practitioners in Scotland in the years 1951 to 1969; and what was the average list of the patients of unrestricted principals in general medical practice in the same years.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe information is as follows:
TABLE (1) (2) General medical practitioners Average list of each unrestricted principal 1969 … … 2,681 2,086 1968 … … 2,671 2,094 1967 … … 2,678 2,082 1966 … … 2,675 2,083 1965 … … 2,728 2,049 1964 … … 2,790 2,005 1963 … … 2,811 1,996 1962 … … 2,851 1,977 1961 … … 2,864 1,979 1960 … … 2,839 1,986 1959 … … 2,856 1,987 1958 … … 2,839 1,995 1957 … … 2,841 1,982 1956 … … 2,837 1,973 1955 … … 2,821 1,975 1954 … … 2,809 1,978 1953 … … 2,772 2,000 1952 … … 2,707 2,074 1951 … … 2,686 2,152 Notes:
(1) The figures in column (1) include all principals and assistants, but exclude trainee general practitioners.
(2) The figures in column (2) are slightly inflated by the fact that it is not possible to eliminate entirely all duplicate entries from the records