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Mr. Sillars
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made of the evaluation of the myoelectric hand.
Mr. Harry Ewing
The evaluation will be undertaken on a United Kingdom basis and is likely to last one year. It will involve 29 children aged between 3½years and 5 years, of whom four will be from Scotland.The age limits take account of the size of hand available and the more favourable response that is expected from children in this age group. The evaluation in Scotland will be co-ordinated from the Princess Margaret Rose orthopaedic hospital, Edin, burgh and orthopaedic consultants at the Scottish limb centres have been asked to nominate suitable patients for selection.
| Estimated Population 30th June 1977 | Projected Population 30th June 1991 | |||||
| Health Board | 64–74 | 75 plus | 65–74 | 75 plus | ||
| Asgyll and Clyde | … | … | 37,500 | 20,100 | 35,800 | 23,700 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | … | … | 32,300 | 16,800 | 30,600 | 20,500 |
| Borders | … | … | 11,000 | 6,800 | 8,900 | 7,700 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | … | … | 13,600 | 7,600 | 12,100 | 9,100 |
| Fife | … | … | 29,500 | 15,900 | 28,300 | 20,300 |
| Forth Valley | … | … | 22,500 | 11,100 | 22,400 | 14,900 |
| Grampian | … | … | 41,600 | 24,900 | 38,100 | 31,100 |
| Greater Glasgow | … | … | 101,700 | 51,600 | 90,300 | 64,000 |
| Highland | … | … | 16,100 | 9,400 | 14,300 | 10,100 |
| Lanarkshire | … | … | 38,700 | 18,400 | 43,400 | 24,500 |
| Lothian | … | … | 67,400 | 37,700 | 63,400 | 48,300 |
| Orkney | … | … | 1,900 | 1,100 | 1,600 | 1,400 |
| Shetland | … | … | 1,900 | 1,200 | 1,500 | 1,300 |
| Tayside | … | … | 38,700 | 22,700 | 34,000 | 27,000 |
| Western Isles | … | … | 3,500 | 2,400 | 2,500 | 2,300 |
| Scotland | … | … | 457,700 | 247,500 | 427,100 | 306,000 |