HC Deb 01 July 1980 vol 987 c491W
Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the most recent figures of bed occupancy for each of the National Health Service hospitals in the Greenwich and Bexley area.

Dr. Vaughan

The information as at 30 June 1979, the latest available centrally, is as follows:

Hospital and Bed Occupancy
percentage
Bexley 90
British Hospital for Mothers and Babies 73
Brook General 80
Dreadnought Seamen's 79
Eltham and Mottingham* 72
Erith and District 53
The Gables† 90
Goldie Leigh 92
Greenwich District 80
Memorial 99
Queen Mary's 83
St. Nicholas 69
* Temporarily closed 31 March 1980.
† Closed 10 March 1980.

Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients were awaiting admission to the surgical specialties in each of the National Health Service hospitals in the Greenwich and Bexley area at 31 December 1979 and at the same date in the three previous years.

As at 31 March
1974 1977 1979
Total number of childminders (full-time and sessional) registered with local authorities in England 30,200 33,513 31,571
Total number of children permitted 85,185 86,706 87,778
Number of children permitted per thousand population aged under 5 24.2 28.3 31.5