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Mr. K. Robinson
asked the Minister of Health if he will state the average occupancy of Section 4 and Section 5 beds in each region at the latest date for which figures are available, distin- guishing between occupancy by paying and by non-paying patients.
| AVERAGE DAILY BED OCCUPANCY—YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1960 | ||||||||
| Region | Section 4 | Section 5 | ||||||
| No. of beds designated | Paying Patients | Non-Paying Patients | Total | No. of beds designated | Paying Patients | Non-Paying Patients | Total | |
| Newcastle | 212 | 45·67 | 110·56 | 156·23 | 259 | 73·06 | 87·40 | 160·46 |
| Leeds | 449 | 243·59 | 68·15 | 311·74 | 332 | 166·60 | 50·56 | 217·16 |
| Sheffield | 476 | 202·10 | 230·42 | 432·52 | 353 | 151·35 | 63·56 | 214·91 |
| East Anglia | 107 | 24·40 | 44·71 | 69·11 | 150 | 68·97 | 28·32 | 97·29 |
| North West Metropolitan | 316 | 142·16 | 127·21 | 269·37 | 256 | 153·56 | 42·59 | 196·15 |
| North East Metropolitan | 168 | 63·44 | 62·66 | 126·10 | 207 | 78·82 | 60·54 | 139·36 |
| South East Metropolitan | 339 | 93·94 | 164·11 | 258·05 | 332 | 138·66 | 71·28 | 209·94 |
| South West Metropolitan | 903 | 549·04 | 158·04 | 707·08 | 306 | 150·44 | 51·65 | 202·09 |
| Oxford | 152 | 37·53 | 56·96 | 94·49 | 206 | 97·16 | 27·30 | 124·46 |
| South Western | 398 | 144·77 | 160·56 | 305·33 | 333 | 121·69 | 59·65 | 181·34 |
| Welsh | 104 | 18·91 | 44·85 | 63·76 | 99 | 31·02 | 23·01 | 54·03 |
| Birmingham | 465 | 101·47 | 200·17 | 301·64 | 513 | 188·83 | 122·45 | 311·28 |
| Manchester | 355 | 144·39 | 110·62 | 255·01 | 403 | 217·94 | 33·77 | 251·71 |
| Liverpool | 146 | 49·98 | 52·40 | 102·38 | 191 | 65·99 | 45·93 | 111·92 |
| Wessex | 290 | 101·85 | 124·30 | 226·15 | 201 | 93·75 | 44·26 | 138·01 |
| Provincial Teaching Hospital: | ||||||||
| Newcastle | 24 | Nil | 22·35 | 22·35 | 50 | 15·64 | 31·15 | 46·79 |
| Leeds | 25 | 12·70 | 6·57 | 19·27 | 74 | 60·80 | 1·42 | 62·22 |
| Sheffield | 29 | 1·08 | 22·49 | 23·57 | 49 | 29·33 | 5·72 | 35·05 |
| Cambridge | 14 | 11·37 | 1·55 | 12·92 | 23 | 14·25 | 2·36 | 16·61 |
| Oxford | 7 | 5·08 | 1·02 | 6·10 | 37 | 19·55 | 1·14 | 20·69 |
| Bristol | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 20 | 4·37 | 12·02 | 16·39 |
| Cardiff | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Birmingham | 8 | 0·53 | 6·14 | 6·67 | 122 | 73·33 | 26·05 | 99·38 |
| Manchester | 64 | 2·61 | 49·20 | 51·81 | 104 | 66·63 | 12·07 | 78·70 |
| Liverpool | 42 | 26·66 | 3·14 | 29·80 | 84 | 31·94 | 11·67 | 43·61 |
| Total Provincial Teaching Hospitals | 213 | 60·03 | 112·46 | 172·49 | 563 | 315·84 | 103·60 | 419·44 |
| London Teaching Hospitals: | ||||||||
| Undergraduate | 159 | 49·96 | 80·58 | 130·54 | 690 | 525·56 | 27·90 | 553·46 |
| Post-graduate | 73 | 16·97 | 32·12 | 49·09 | 234 | 147·95 | 33·32 | 181·27 |
| Total London Teaching Hospitals | 232 | 66·93 | 112·70 | 179·63 | 924 | 673·51 | 61·22 | 734·73 |