asked the Minister for Health if he will state in respect of each administrative health area, (a) the number of maternity beds in rate-aided hospitals in 1942 and in 1952, and (b) the number of maternity beds in voluntary clinical hospitals in 1942 and in 1952.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Maternity Beds.
asked the Minister for Health if he will state in respect of each administrative health area the average number of vacant beds per day during 1951 in (a) rate-aided maternity hospitals and (b) voluntary maternity hospitals.
asked the Minister for Health if he will state in respect of each administrative health area: (a) the number of maternity beds in public wards and (b) the average number of births per annum.
asked the Minister for Health if he will state in respect of each administrative area the average daily number of vacant beds—other than maternity beds—in county hospitals and voluntary hospitals during the year 1951.
With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 32, 33, 34 and 35 together and as the answers are in the form of tabular statements to circulate them with the Official Report. I am unable to supply information regarding certain voluntary hospitals which receive no payment from Hospitals Trust Fund.
Following are the tabular statements referred to:
|
Area |
General Maternity Beds |
Beds reserved for Unmarried Mothers |
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|
Local Authority Hospitals |
Voluntary Hospitals |
Local Authority Hospitals |
Voluntary Hospitals |
|||||
|
1942 |
1952 |
1942 |
1952 |
1942 |
1952 |
1942 |
1952 |
|
|
Dublin C.B. |
26 |
15 |
293 |
319 |
17 |
17 |
— |
— |
|
Cork C.B. |
— |
— |
26 |
41 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Limerick C.B. |
— |
— |
28 |
28 |
4 |
24 |
— |
— |
|
Waterford C.B. |
14 |
14 |
12 |
25 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Carlow |
8 |
8 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Cavan |
13 |
15 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Clare |
16 |
28 |
— |
— |
7 |
7 |
— |
— |
|
Cork |
88 |
119 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
18 |
40 |
40 |
|
Donegal |
20 |
24 |
— |
— |
18 |
18 |
— |
— |
|
Dublin |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Galway |
20 |
49 |
— |
10 |
8 |
8 |
— |
— |
|
Kerry |
28 |
39 |
— |
— |
45 |
45 |
— |
— |
|
Kildare |
8 |
8 |
— |
— |
6 |
6 |
— |
— |
|
Kilkenny |
11 |
24 |
— |
— |
3 |
3 |
— |
— |
|
Laois |
13 |
18 |
— |
— |
15 |
15 |
— |
— |
|
Leitrim |
7 |
7 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Longford |
5 |
5 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Limerick |
34 |
34 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Louth |
19 |
11 |
29 |
53 |
— |
4 |
— |
— |
|
Mayo |
14 |
34 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Meath |
14 |
14 |
— |
— |
4 |
4 |
— |
— |
|
Monaghan |
7 |
8 |
— |
— |
8 |
8 |
— |
— |
|
Offaly |
16 |
8 |
— |
— |
— |
16 |
— |
— |
|
Roscommon |
19 |
10 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Sligo |
10 |
9 |
— |
— |
10 |
10 |
— |
— |
|
Tipperary N.R. |
22 |
24 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
35 |
35 |
|
Tipperary S.R. |
27 |
48 |
— |
— |
32 |
32 |
— |
— |
|
Waterford |
3 |
3 |
— |
— |
— |
8 |
— |
— |
|
Westmeath |
10 |
19 |
— |
— |
16 |
6 |
35 |
35 |
|
Wexford |
17 |
21 |
— |
— |
9 |
9 |
— |
— |
|
Wicklow |
6 |
15 |
— |
— |
4 |
23 |
— |
— |
|
TOTALS |
495 |
631 |
393 |
481 |
217 |
281 |
110 |
110 |
AVERAGE NUMBER OF MATERNITY BEDS VACANT EACH DAY IN 1951.
|
Area |
General Maternity Beds |
Beds reserved for Unmarried Mothers |
||
|
No. of beds vacant each day in Local Authority Hospitals |
No. of beds vacant each day in Voluntary Hospitals |
No. of beds vacant each day in Local Authority Hospitals |
No. of beds vacant each day in Voluntary Hospitals |
|
|
Dublin C.B. |
5 |
21 |
*5 |
— |
|
Cork C.B. |
— |
2 |
— |
— |
|
Limerick C.B. |
— |
7 |
3 |
— |
|
Waterford C.B. |
*4 |
14 |
— |
— |
|
Carlow |
5 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Cavan |
3 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Clare |
6 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Cork |
*26 |
Not available. |
4 |
*29 |
|
Donegal |
7 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Dublin |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Galway |
— |
Not available |
— |
— |
|
Kerry |
1 |
— |
5 |
— |
|
Kildare |
11 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Kilkenny |
— |
— |
*2 |
— |
|
Laois |
2 |
— |
14 |
— |
|
Leitrim |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Longford |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Limerick |
*3 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Louth |
4-6 |
Not available |
— |
— |
|
Mayo |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Meath |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Monaghan |
— |
— |
6 |
— |
|
Offaly |
— |
— |
15 |
— |
|
Roscommon |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Sligo |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Tipperary N.R. |
8 |
— |
— |
*5 |
|
Tipperary S.R. |
11 |
— |
2 |
— |
|
Waterford |
— |
— |
*3 |
— |
|
Westmeath |
— |
— |
— |
*22 |
|
Wexford |
— |
— |
6 |
— |
|
Wicklow |
— |
— |
10 |
— |
*Estimated figure.
|
Area |
Maternity Beds in Public Wards in 1952 |
Average number of Births per annum for the ten-year period 1942 to 1951 |
|||
|
General Maternity Beds |
Beds reserved for Unmarried Mothers |
||||
|
Local Authority Hospitals |
Voluntary Hospitals |
Local Authority Hospitals |
Voluntary Hospitals |
||
|
Dublin C.B. |
15 |
234 |
17 |
— |
15,811 |
|
Cork C.B. |
— |
27 |
— |
— |
2,670 |
|
Limerick C.B. |
— |
25 |
24 |
— |
1,528 |
|
Waterford C.B. |
14 |
15 |
— |
— |
856 |
|
Carlow |
8 |
— |
— |
— |
756 |
|
Cavan |
15 |
— |
— |
— |
1,253 |
|
Clare |
25 |
— |
7 |
— |
1,614 |
|
Cork |
115 |
5 |
16 |
40 |
4,509 |
|
Donegal |
24 |
— |
18 |
— |
2,878 |
|
Dublin |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1,235 |
|
Galway |
49 |
10 |
8 |
— |
3,618 |
|
Kerry |
39 |
— |
45 |
— |
2,660 |
|
Kildare |
8 |
— |
6 |
— |
1,384 |
|
Kilkenny |
24 |
— |
3 |
— |
1,396 |
|
Laois |
15 |
— |
15 |
— |
981 |
|
Leitrim |
7 |
— |
— |
— |
727 |
|
Longford |
5 |
— |
— |
— |
729 |
|
Limerick |
34 |
— |
— |
— |
1,966 |
|
Louth |
11 |
34 |
4 |
— |
1,738 |
|
Mayo |
33 |
— |
— |
— |
2,944 |
|
Meath |
14 |
— |
4 |
— |
1,176 |
|
Monaghan |
8 |
— |
8 |
— |
1,112 |
|
Offaly |
6 |
— |
16 |
— |
1,122 |
|
Roscommon |
8 |
— |
— |
— |
1,226 |
|
Sligo |
9 |
— |
10 |
— |
1,183 |
|
Tipperary N.R. |
17 |
— |
— |
35 |
1,359 |
|
Tipperary S.R. |
48 |
— |
32 |
— |
1,813 |
|
Waterford |
3 |
— |
8 |
— |
798 |
|
Westmeath |
19 |
— |
6 |
35 |
1,341 |
|
Wexford |
16 |
— |
9 |
— |
2,093 |
|
Wicklow |
15 |
— |
23 |
— |
1,093 |
|
TOTALS |
604 |
350 |
281 |
110 |
65,569 |
AVERAGE DAILY NUMBER OF VACANT BEDS—other than Maternity Beds—in 1951.
|
Area |
County Hospital |
No. of Vacant Beds |
Area |
Voluntary Hospital |
No. of Vacant Beds |
|
Dublin C.B. |
No County Hospital |
Dublin C.B. |
Jervis St. |
5 |
|
|
Cork C.B. |
No County Hospital |
Sir Patrick Dun's |
11 |
||
|
Limerick C.B. |
No County Hospital |
Mater Misericordiae |
41 |
||
|
Waterford C.B. |
County Hospital |
†54 |
Meath |
4 |
|
|
Carlow |
No County Hospital |
— |
Mercer's |
11 |
|
|
Cavan |
County Surgical Hospital |
*20 |
Royal City of Dublin |
18 |
|
|
County Medical Hospital |
5 |
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|
Clare |
County Hospital, Ennis |
2-3 |
St. Laurence's |
10 |
|
|
Cork |
County Hospital, Fermoy |
†54 |
St. Vincent's |
7 |
|
|
County Hospital, Skibbereen |
3 |
Dr. Steevens' |
23 |
||
|
St. Finbarr's, Cork |
— |
Children's, Temple St. |
— |
||
|
Donegal |
Co. Hospital, Lifford |
4 |
National Children's, Harcourt St. |
6 |
|
|
Dublin |
No County Hospital |
— |
Teach Ultain |
5 |
|
|
Galway |
Galway Central Hospital |
— |
St. Anne's Skin & Cancer |
11 |
|
|
Kerry |
Co. Hospital, Tralee |
2 |
City of Dublin Skin & Cancer |
4 |
|
|
Kildare |
Co. Hospital Kildare |
6 |
Royal Victoria Eye & Ear |
29 |
|
|
Kilkenny |
Co. Hospital Kilkenny |
— |
Incorporated Orthopaedic |
6 |
|
|
Laois |
Co. Hospital Portlaoighise |
— |
Cork C.B. |
Mercy |
14 |
|
Leitrim |
Co. Hospital, Manorhamilton |
— |
North Infirmary |
12 |
|
|
Limerick |
Co. Hospital, Croom |
*5 |
Cork Eye, Ear & Throat |
21 |
|
|
Longford |
Co. Hospital, Longford |
13 |
South Infirmary |
10 |
|
|
Louth |
No County Hospital |
— |
St. Patrick's |
— |
|
|
Mayo |
Co. Hospital, Castlebar |
— |
Limerick C.B. |
Harrington's |
12 |
|
Meath |
Our Ladys' Hospital, An Uaimh |
18 |
Limerick Co. Infirmary |
15 |
|
|
Monaghan |
Co. Hospital, Monaghan |
*3 |
St. John's |
8 |
|
|
Offaly |
Co. Hospital, Tullamore |
— |
Waterford C.B. |
Waterford County & City Infirmary |
9 |
|
Roscommon |
Co. Hospital, Roscommon |
3 |
Cork |
Cobh General |
3 |
|
Sligo |
Co. Hospital, Sligo |
— |
Donegal |
Sheil Hospital, Ballyshannon |
5 |
|
Tipp. (N.R.) |
Co. Hospital, Nenagh |
8 |
Dublin |
Monkstown |
— |
|
Tipp. (S.R.) |
Co. Hospital, Cashel |
less than 1 |
St. Michael's, Dun Laoghaire |
3 |
|
|
Waterford |
Co. Hospital in Waterford C.B. |
— |
|||
|
Westmeath |
Co. Hospital, Mullingar |
— |
— |
St. Mary's Orthopaedic, Cappagh |
9 |
|
Wexford |
Co. Hospital, Wexford |
5 |
Our Lady of Lourdes |
— |
|
|
Wicklow |
Co. Hospital, Wicklow |
2 |
Peamount Sanatorium |
— |
|
|
St. Patrick's Infant, Blackrock |
2 |
||||
|
Kerry |
Valentia Village |
3 |
|||
|
Kildare |
Drogheda Memorial |
5 |
|||
|
Louth |
Drogheda Cottage |
9 |
|||
|
Meath |
Meath County Infirmary |
6 |
|||
|
Westmeath |
St. Joseph's Orthopaedic, Coole |
6 |
|||
|
Wicklow |
Newcastle Sanatorium |
1 |
|||
|
Countess of Wicklow Memorial |
6 |
*Estimated figure.
†Includes beds for aged and infirm.