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Mr. Hodgson
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number on the waiting list at hospitals in the Walsall area health authority for surgical, medical and other kinds of operations or treatment at the most recent date available and at the equivalent date in 1976 and 1974.
Mr. Moyle
, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 26 January 1979; Vol.961, c. 281], gave the following information:Number of patients on in-patient waiting lists at 31 December were as follows:
| Specialty | 1974 | 1976 | 1978 |
| General Surgery | 1,799 | 1,923 | 1,582 |
| Ear, Nose, Throat | 1,222 | 1,421 | 1,479 |
| Trau. and Orth. | 260 | 284 | 246 |
| Ophthalmology | 80 | 125 | 106 |
| Dental surgery | 379 | 416 | 256 |
| Orthodontics | — | 11 | — |
| Gynaecology | 338 | 495 | 478 |
| Geriatrics | — | 17 | 69 |
| Mental handicap | 65 | 60 | 28 |
| Total | 4,143 | 4,752 | 4,244 |