§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, of the number of women who took the initial cervical cancer test, how many came from social classes 4 and 143W 5; and, of these, how many reported for rescreening, and on rescreening were found positive.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellInformation which would enable identification of social class is not collected.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, of the number of women who took the initial cervical cancer check, how many have been rescreened; and, of these, how many have shown positive at the second test.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellComplete information about second and subsequent tests is not available centrally, but of 16,803 women re-examined in two hospital centres 55 were found to have cancer.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many women were tested for cervical cancer during 1971; how many smears were positive; and if he will give a breakdown of the positive contacts by social classes.
GLASGOW SOUTH AYRSHIRE (1) (2) (3) (4) Year Capital Expenditure Capital Expenditure per head of population served Capital Expenditure Capital Expenditure per head of population served £ £ £ £ 1964–65 … … 1,245,400 1.04 32,300 0.21 1965–66 … … 1,586,900 1.32 32,200 0.21 1966–67 … … 2,829,700 2.36 71,200 0.45 1967–68 … … 3,540,400 2.95 120,000 0.75 1968–69 … … 4,599,900 3.83 83,400 0.52 1969–70 … … 5,510,100 4.59 130,100 0.81 1970–71 … … 7,175,400 5.98 172,500 1.08 1971–72* … … 4,734,000 3.95 373,700 2.33 * Estimate.