§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the average daily occupancy of acute hospital beds in Scotland, by area and age groups(a) 0 to four
NHS Hospitals in Scotland—inpatient discharges1 by health board, year ending 30 September Scotland Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles 19742 717,964 52,404 44,742 7,374 17,812 31,999 29,816 61,553 198,776 26,805 55,041 122,838 1,416 1,723 63,042 2,623 19752 697,410 51,610 42,708 7,261 17,065 32,453 29,359 60,429 189,624 27,189 51,837 119,419 1,574 1,685 62,630 2,567 1976 742,459 54,084 43,133 7,557 18,206 34,438 30,420 64,811 203,460 29,057 54.858 128,745 1,587 1,776 67,701 2,626 1977 736,283 53,779 41,957 7,634 17,810 33,750 32,128 66,858 198,183 29,216 54,684 127,407 1,515 2,035 66,806 2,521 1978 748,689 52,985 43,699 8,052 18,159 35,440 32,718 68,017 195,883 29,567 61,199 128,087 1,462 2,214 68,530 2,677 1979 735,218 52,855 44,520 7,846 17,827 33,999 32,093 66,798 192,839 29,348 63,070 119,922 1,448 1,934 67,872 2,847 1980 774,038 54,320 46,532 7,907 17,962 35,613 32,967 71,011 203,846 29,886 66,399 131,536 1,600 2,074 69,619 2,766 1981 792,406 54,921 48,844 8,674 18,305 37,101 33,748 72,209 209,209 31,036 68,858 133,487 1,676 2,127 69,344 2,867 1982 763,708 51,607 46,771 8,945 18,380 37,031 32,488 69,474 194,031 30,355 66,477 133,822 1,646 2,221 67,796 2,664 1983 790,989 54,675 49,170 9,276 19,874 36,195 33,428 72,899 200,904 30,698 72,317 134,072 1,599 2,093 70,949 2,840 1984 814,644 55,937 51,453 9,626 20,615 37,996 34,482 77,688 209,039 31,055 73,489 134,480 1,692 1,980 72,243 2,869 1985 830,610 57,482 52,278 10,396 21,409 38,852 35,061 79,256 211,741 31,358 72,544 137,071 1,650 2,017 76,465 3,030 1986 842,421 60,298 53,714 11,560 22,147 40,415 35,815 82,989 212,224 32,460 72,091 135,584 1,671 2,008 76,372 3,073 1987 852,433 59,563 54,098 11,711 22,927 41,633 36,158 85,034 211,824 34,172 72,945 137,670 1,849 2,021 77,714 3,114 1 Excluding discharges from Staff Wards. 2 Figures for 1974 and 1975 exclude transfers between specialties.