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Mr. Foulkes
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing for the years 1948, 1958, 1968, 1978 and the latest available year,
| NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE HOSPITALS IN SCOTLAND BY NUMBER OF BEDS | |||||
| Size of hospital | 1948* | 1955† | 1968 | 1978 | 1979‡ |
| 20 beds or less | 79 | 55 | 45 | 44 | |
| 21–100 beds | 183 | 173 | 167 | 166 | |
| 101–500 beds | 101 | 101 | 98 | 97 | |
| 501–1,000 beds | 29 | 27 | 30 | 30 | |
| More than 1,000 beds | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | |
| Total number of hospitals | 425 | 401 | 367 | 347 | 344 |
| * Breakdown not available. | |||||
| † 1958 data not available in the form required. | |||||
| ‡ March 1979—latest available data. | |||||