§ 79. Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many dentists there are per 10,000 population in each local authority area in England and Wales.
§ Mr. Alison:I assume the hon. Member is referring to general dental practitioners. Information is available only by executive council areas which, in most cases, are the same as local authority areas. The figures are as follows:
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NUMBER OF DENTISTS PER 10,000 POPULATION BY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AREA ENGLAND AND WALES Executive Council Number of dentists per 10,000 population ENGLAND AND WALES 2.26 England 2.30 Bedfordshire and Luton 1.71 Berkshire 2.27 Reading 3.83 Buckinghamshire 2.47 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 1.79 Cheshire 2.20 Birkenhead 2.47 Chester 4.96 Stockport 2.22 Wallasey 1.85 Cornwall 2.53 Isles of Scilly — Cumberland 1.37 Carlisle 2.92 Derbyshire 1.47 Derby 2.05 Devon, Exeter and Torbay 2.80 Plymouth 2.59 Dorset 2.59 Durham 1.20 Darlington 2.33 Gateshead 1.69 Hartlepools 1.03 275W
Executive Council Number of dentists per 10,000 population South Shields 1.40 Sunderland 1.39 Essex 1.98 London North East 2.32 Southend-on-Sea. 2.77 Gloucester County and City 2.17 Bristol 2.96 Hampshire 2.28 Bournemouth 3.90 Portsmouth 3.07 Southampton 3.19 Isle of Wight 3.08 Herefordshire 2.25 Hertfordshire. 2.84 Huntingdon and Peterborough 1.46 London South East and Kent 2.50 Lancashire 1.37 Barrow-in-Furness 2.52 Blackburn 1.78 Blackpool 2.34 Bolton 1.88 Bootle 1.08 Burnley 2.23 Bury 2.06 Liverpool 1.97 Manchester 2.42 Oldham 1.90 Preston 3.41 Rochdale 1.64 St. Helens 1.35 Sallbrd 1.98 Southport 3.30 Warrington 2.36 Wigan 2.47 Leicestershire and Rutland 1.26 Leicester 2.80 Lincolnshire (Holland) 1.42 Lincolnshire (Kesteven) 1.23 Lincolnshire (Lindsey) 1.11 Grimsby 1.78 Lincoln 3.11 Inner London 4.38 Middlesex 3.62 Norfolk 1.09 Great Yarmouth 2.40 Norwich 4.06 Northamptonshire 1.08 Northampton 2.77 Northumberland 1.98 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2.40 Tynemouth 3.35 Nottingham County and City 1.50 Oxford County and City 2.52 Salop 1.81 Somerset 2.35 Bath 3.86 Staffordshire 1.23 Burton-on-Trent 2.18 Stoke-on-Trent 1.56 Walsall 1.30 Warley 1.84 West Bromwich 1.08 Wolverhampton 1.42 Suffolk East 1.45 Suffolk West 2.28 Ipswich 3.02 London South West and Surrey 3.31 Sussex East 2.62 Sussex West 3.28 Brighton 3.18
Executive Council Number of dentists per 10,000 population Eastbourne 4.07 Hastings 3.99 Warwickshire and Solihull 1.88 Birmingham 2.06 Coventry 1.65 Westmorland 1.67 Wiltshire 1.92 Worcestershire 1.50 Dudley 1.19 Worcester 2.33 Yorkshire East Riding 1.20 Yorkshire North Riding 1.64 Yorkshire West Riding 1 .34 Barnsley 2.00 Bradford 2.17 Dewsbury 1.96 Doncaster 2.33 Halifax 1.98 Huddersfield 2.15 Kingston-upon-Hull 1.58 Leeds 2.91 Rotherham 1.42 Sheffield 2.17 Teesside 1.44 Wakefield 2.86 York 3.44 Wales 1.60 Anglesey 1.36 Breconshire 1.15 Caernarvonshire 2.12 Cardiganshire 1.61 Carmarthenshire 1.41 Denbighshire and Flintshire 1.47 Glamorgan 1.29 Cardiff 2.60 Merthyr Tydfil 1.27 Swansea 2.45 Merionethshire 1.44 Monmouth and Newport 1.32 Montgomeryshire 1.86 Pembrokeshire 1.54 Radnorshire 2.20 NOTE: Figures relate to the civilian population at 30th June, 1971.