§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients aged 30 years and below, 40 years and below, 50 years and below, and 60 years and below, respectively, were treated as in-patients in hospitals in England and Wales in each of the years from 1965 to 1970.
§ Mr. AlisonThe available information, based on estimated discharges and deaths from non-psychiatric hospitals and admissions to psychiatric hospitals and units, is as follows:
Thousands of cases Age 1965 1966 1967 1968 Below 25 … 1,535 1,568 1,615 1,658 Below 35 … 2,244 2,280 2,345 2,399 Below 45 … 2,761 2,791 2,864 2,909 Below 65 … 3,776 3,818 3,917 3,987 Notes:
1. The figures are cumulative.
2. Figures for later years are not yet available.