§ Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will now publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the staff-to-population ratio of community nursing services in all county boroughs of England and Wales.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information as at 30th September, 1971, is as follows:—
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County Boroughs Population Home Nurses* Health Visitors* Total Population per Head of Staff Liverpool … … 603,210 142.0 79.0 221.0 2,730 Luton … … 160,730 30.0 8.6 38.6 4,164 Manchester … … 542,430 117.0 91.5 208.5 2,602 Newcastle upon Tyne … … 221,390 48.7 36.0 84.7 2,614 Northampton … … 126,250 22.3 23.0 45.3 2,787 Norwich … … 120,740 15.5 11.7 27.2 4,439 Nottingham … … 296,750 63.5 43.0 106.5 2,786 Oldham … … 105,530 22.5 12.8 35.3 2,990 Oxford … … 110,630 24.6 20.5 45.1 2,453 Plymouth … … 246,850 49.3 37.1 86.4 2,857 Portsmouth … … 204,280 30.5 37.0 67.5 3,026 Preston … … 96,790 24.0 11.7 35.7 2,711 Reading … … 133,360 20.0 16.8 36.8 3,624 Rochdale … … 91,470 21.0 8.6 29.6 3,090 Rotherham … … 84,500 20.3 10.0 30.3 2,789 St. Helens … … 104,050 16.6 12.7 29.3 3,551 Salford … … 131,330 17.5 16.0 33.5 3,920 Sheffield … … 515,950 160.0 66.0 226.0 2,283 Solihull … … 107,460 21.1 8.3 29.4 3,655 Southampton … … 213,550 35.0 24.6 59.6 3,583 Southend-on-Sea … … 162,420 31.0 14.0 45.0 3,609 Southport … … 84,870 24.0 9.8 33.8 2,511 South Shields … … 100,220 15.5 16.5 32.0 3,132 Stockport … … 139,530 25.0 15.5 40.5 3,445 Stoke-on-Trent … … 263,610 43.5 32.0 75.5 3,492 Sunderland … … 215,650 35.0 29.0 64.0 3,370 Teesside … … 395,530 55.1 38.9 94.0 4,208 Torbay … … 105,050 32.3 12.3 44.6 2,355 Tynemouth … … 68,740 12.0 10.0 22.0 3,124 Wakefield … … 59,410 11.0 5.8 16.8 3,536 Wallasey … … 97,470 18.6 10.5 29.1 3,350 Walsall … … 184,380 30.5 14.5 45.0 4,097 Warley … … 163,270 26.0 17.3 43.3 3,771 Warrington … … 67,890 11.0 9.3 20.3 3,344 West Bromwich … … 166,560 24.0 12.7 36.7 4,538 Wigan … … 81,140 16.0 13.4 29.4 2,760 Wolverhampton … … 268,380 34.0 31.0 65.0 4,129 Worcester … … 72,970 24.4 9.8 34.2 2,134 York … … 105,210 21.0 12.7 33.7 3,122 Wales (County Boroughs) Cardiff … … 276,790 54.0 54.2 108.2 2,558 Merthyr Tydfil … … 55,100 14.0 7.0 21.0 2,624 Newport … … 111,810 21.9 23.0 44.9 2,490 Swansea … … 171,320 40.5 21.8 62.3 2,750 * Numbers in whole-time equivalents.