§ Mr. MoateTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the figures for the number of hospital in-patients treated in the Medway health district in 1988–89, or the most recent year for which figures are available and in the previous year.
§ Mr. DorrellThe information requested is shown in the table.
Year In-patient cases treated 1986 37,300 1987–88 38,400 1988–89 36,200 Figures for all three years are deaths and discharges. Figures for 1987–88 have been adjusted to be comparable with definitions used in 1986 and 1988–89.