§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of people in hospital on an average day in 1984, in total and by type of hospital.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe available information is given in the table.
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Year Number 1981 33 1982 62 1983 44 1984 53 Total 279 ICD 9th revision 003 Other salmonella infections 005 Other food poisoning (bacterial)
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many outbreaks of salmonellosis and other bacterial food poisoning there have been in the six years 1979 to 1984 in hospitals in England and Wales; and if he will give the figures for each year by type of hospital.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe information available from reports to the communicable disease surveillance centre is given in the table.
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NHS hospitals, 1984—England Hospital type Average daily number of occupied* beds Acute 63,015.8 Mainly acute 48,891.2 Partly acute 13,762.2 Mainly long stay 7,357.9 Long stay 9,833.1 Geriatric 18,661.7
Hospital type Average daily number of occupied* beds Pre-convalescent 395.6 Convalescent 194.8 Rehabilitation 331.9 Isolation 36.7 Maternity 2,486.7 Mental illness 55,972.0 Mental handicap 37,331.6 Orthopaedic 1,233.0 Tuberculosis and chest 537.1 Children's (Acute) 1,531.6 Eye 510.0 Other 7,241.6 Total 269,324.5 *Occupancy figures are based on a midnight count and do not include patients who do not stay overnight in hospital.