§ Mr. Cartwrightasked 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. VaughanThe 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. Cartwrightasked 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