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Sir Hector Monro
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the waiting lists at the Dumfries Royal infirmary for general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, gynaecology, ear, nose and throat, ophthalmology and dental surgery, respectively, in May 1982 and November 1982.
Mr. John MacKay
The information is as follows:
| May 1982 | November 1982 | |
| General surgery | 854 | 1,359 |
| Orthopaedic surgery | 82 | 258 |
| Gynaecology | 550 | 1,002 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 122 | 178 |
| Ophthalmology | 13 | 76 |
| Dental surgery | 124 | 214 |
| Average annual unemployment figures and percentage rates | ||||
| Male | Female | |||
| numbers unemployed | percentage rate | numbers unemployed | percentage rate | |
| Table 1: 1979 | ||||
| Fraserburgh | 292 | 7·0 | 167 | 4·4 |
| Peterhead | 379 | 52 | 293 | 7·0 |
| Banff | 308 | 6·6 | 149 | 5·3 |
| Aberdeen | 3,417 | 4·3 | 1,491 | 2·8 |
| Total | 4,396 | 4·6 | 2,100 | 3·3 |
| Table 2: 1980 | ||||
| Fraserburgh | 372 | 8·9 | 215 | 5·7 |
| Peterhead | 434 | 6·0 | 405 | 9·6 |
| Banff | 356 | 7·6 | 174 | 6·2 |
| Aberdeen | 3,892 | 4·9 | 1,759 | 3·3 |
| Total | 5,054 | 5·3 | 2,553 | 4·0 |
| Table 3: 1981 | ||||
| Fraserburgh | 557 | 13·3 | 340 | 9·0 |
| Peterhead | 599 | 8·3 | 144 | 9·8 |
| Banff | 475 | 10·1 | 186 | 6·6 |
| Aberdeen | 5,825 | 7·3 | 2,617 | 5·0 |
| Total | 7,456 | 7·8 | 3,554 | 5·6 |
| Table 4: 1982* | ||||
| Fraserburgh | 673 | 16·1 | 409 | 10·8 |
| Peterhead | 710 | 9·8 | 491 | 11·7 |
| Banff | 474 | 10·1 | 215 | 7·6 |
| Aberdeen | 6,202 | 7·8 | 3,175 | 6·0 |
| Total | 8,059 | 8·4 | 4,290 | 6·7 |
| * As a result of the changeover in November 1982 to a claimant based count of the unemployed, the annual average for 1982 has been calculated on the ten months to October 1982. | ||||