asked the Minister for Health if he will state the total number of persons who received treatment in the specialist cancer hospitals in 1958.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Treatment of Cancer.
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The statistics do not show the number of persons who received treatment as distinct from the number of admissions of patients to hospitals or attendances of patients at out-patient departments. The statistics of attendances at out-patient departments do not distinguish in all cases between patients who receive treatment and those who attend only for diagnostic attention. The number of patients admitted to cancer hospitals during the year 1958 was 5,363 and the number of attendances at out-patient departments and clinics conducted by these hospitals was 18,570.