§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of hernia repairs and hip 121W replacement operations performed in each area, in each year since 1974 to the latest date for which figures are available.
Number of in-patients discharged in each health board in each year from 1974 to 1986 where the principle operation was hernioplasty (inguinal and femoral) Health board 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Argyll and Clyde 1496 474 530 467 389 406 415 482 292 449 428 351 460 Ayr and Arran 1392 376 421 401 431 474 502 478 471 553 484 507 528 Borders 1111 108 145 130 138 126 120 162 141 152 146 149 149 Dumfries and Galloway 1192 183 217 249 218 191 215 224 157 226 244 182 226 Fife 1414 391 420 374 323 417 375 428 208 376 413 429 431 Forth Valley 1347 332 353 344 380 351 347 336 285 434 386 441 349 Grampian 1750 707 689 750 678 629 695 677 515 775 748 746 762 Greater Glasgow 11,915 1,824 1,855 1,916 1,752 1,813 1,860 1,645 931 1,802 1,731 1,671 1,688 Highland 1281 267 289 290 261 306 315 294 272 306 317 284 313 Lanarkshire 1399 377 483 528 436 534 515 515 365 620 619 674 587 Lothian 11,303 1,241 1,254 1,295 1,089 1,175 1,110 1,127 857 1,285 1,156 1,121 1,079 Orkney 130 31 35 36 21 38 27 29 29 23 28 22 28 Shetland 122 23 17 24 15 27 35 45 37 39 31 28 31 Tayside 1704 669 689 765 704 701 651 591 562 833 762 783 744 Western Isles 130 30 20 30 38 36 30 34 45 48 37 34 40 Scotland 7,386 7,033 7,417 7,599 6,873 7,244 7,212 7,067 5,167 7,921 7,530 7,422 7,415 1 Estimated.