§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hospital beds have been available for each year since 1950 ; and if he will break these figures down into their various uses, such as maternity, geriatric, and so on.
§ Sir George Young: The average daily number of beds available in National Health Service hospitals in England since 1955, the earliest date for which figures are available, is as follows :
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Date Medical Surgical (including Gynaecology) Obstetrics and GP Maternity Geriatrics and Units for Younger Disabled Mental Illness Mental Handicap Other Total* 1955 … … … … … 74,235 65,472 17,676 53,064 156,953 54,827 28,256 450,483 1956 … … … … … 76,010 73,657 18,161 52,832 150,218 53,661 26,140 450,680 1957 … … … … … 74,175 73,879 18,115 53,727 147,962 54,595 28,186 450,639 1958 … … … … … 72,633 74,580 18,136 54,208 147,200 55,234 28,605 450,596 1959 … … … … … 71,063 74,106 18,101 54,607 146,580 56,017 28,321 448,795 1960 … … … … … 69,407 75,259 18,513 55,146 144,090 57,204 28,722 448,341 1961 … … … … … 67,360 74,720 18,670 53,901 141,829 57,359 28,504 442,343 1962 … … … … … 66,309 75,619 18,929 54,230 138,951 57,509 28,769 440,316 1963 … … … … … 64,008 76,197 19 050 54,449 137,576 57,926 28,970 439,176 1964 … … … … … 63,923 76,257 19,431 54,719 136,490 58,514 29,075 438,409 1965 … … … … … 63,307 76,979 19,899 54,662 134,946 58,892 28,723 437,408 1966 … … … … … 62,600 77,143 20,213 54,855 132,629 58,849 28,557 434,846 1967 … … … … … 62,047 77,974 20,642 55,485 130,878 59,287 28,085 434,398 1968 … … … … … 60,809 78,129 21,408 55,748 128,559 59,464 28,023 432,140 1969 … … … … … 59,198 78,172 21,489 56,409 126,010 59,566 27,925 428,769 1970 … … … … … 59,125 81,258 21,976 57,205 123,219 58,983 21,858 423,624 1971 … … … … … 58,046 82,505 22,107 57,393 119,514 58,510 21,537 419,612 1972 … … … … … 57,171 82,439 21,989 57,663 114,496 57,477 21,429 412,664 1973 … … … … … 55,836 81,351 21,804 57,230 109,650 56,130 21,525 403,526 1974 … … … … … 55,062 81,503 21,670 56,526 104,410 55,186 21,872 396,235 1975 … … … … … 54,225 80,077 21,257 56,846 99,371 54,163 21,693 387,632 1976 … … … … … 53,700 80,648 20,659 57,249 96,688 53,116 21,072 383,132 1977 … … … … … 52,838 80,307 19,735 57,470 93,499 52,281 19,796 375,926 1978 … … … … … 51,829 79,105 19,075 57,822 91,129 51,295 18,977 369,232 * Totals may not agree due to rounding.