§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many general medical practitioners for each 100,000 population are practising in the area of the Nottinghamshire Area Health Authority (Teaching); and how this compares with the national average.
§ Dr. OwenThere are currently 37.97 general medical practitioners per 100,000 populations in the area of Nottinghamshire AHA(T). In October 1973, the latest date for which information is available, the average figure for England was 43.09.
Year Total (all ages) Under 16 16 and 17 18 and 19 20–24 1964 … … … … 38,137 227 1,205 3,248 12,076 1965 … … … … 37,566 190 1,180 3,229 11,675 1966 … … … … 38,082 208 1,352 3,683 11,534 1967 … … … … 42,148 219 1,619 4,315 13,389 1968 … … … … 45,096 309 1,889 4,646 14,720 1969 … … … … 51,109 433 2,381 5,798 16,660 1970 … … … … 54,648 479 2,863 6,436 17,860 1971 … … … … 57,022 536 3,187 6,895 18,939 1972 … … … … 54,561 537 3,233 6,872 18,314 1973 … … … … 60,070 617 3,295 7,725 20,008 Persons infected more than once are counted on each occasion. Comparative figures for other countries of the age breakdown of cases are not readily available; information from WHO for 1972—the latest year for which figures are available—suggests that the total number of cases per 100,000 of the total population in the countries listed below are:
Early infectious syphilis Gonorrhoea Denmark … … 6.6 340 Hungary … … 5.4 100 Norway … … 5.0 250 Sweden … … 4.6 390 USA … … 11.7 350 Corresponding rates in England for the same year are 2.6 for early infectious syphilis and 115 for gonorrhoea.
§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the estimated percentage of the total population aged between 21 and 25 years who are receiving or have received treatment for venereal disease; and how these figures compare with those for other countries.
§ Dr. OwenFigures are not available in the precise form requested. In 1973, 19,679 cases of gonorrhoea and 329 cases