| Community Care, Scotland 1997 |
| Table 2.8 Private Nursing Homes by Local Authority Area: 31 March 1997 |
Local Authority |
Number of |
Number of Places (1) |
Places per 1,000 pop |
Places per 1,000 pop |
| Aberdeen City | 9 |
495 |
15.6 |
35.8 |
| Aberdeenshire | 23 |
916 |
30.4 |
68.8 |
| Angus | 10 |
491 |
26.5 |
58.6 |
| Argyll & Bute | 12 |
284 |
17.4 |
36.6 |
| Clackmannanshire | 2 |
100 |
14.3 |
32.0 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 14 |
538 |
19.8 |
46.5 |
| Dundee City | 18 |
793 |
31.0 |
72.8 |
| East Ayrshire | 21 |
802 |
41.9 |
99.7 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 6 |
358 |
23.0 |
58.8 |
| East Lothian | 13 |
494 |
33.3 |
74.1 |
| East Renfrewshire | 9 |
373 |
28.9 |
65.6 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 51 |
2,095 |
30.4 |
66.3 |
| Eilean Siar | 2 |
65 |
12.6 |
26.7 |
| Falkirk | 10 |
542 |
25.6 |
62.1 |
| Fife | 28 |
1,349 |
24.5 |
55.6 |
| Glasgow City | 57 |
3,112 |
33.1 |
75.2 |
| Highland | 31 |
1,232 |
37.7 |
89.0 |
| Inverclyde | 6 |
216 |
15.6 |
36.5 |
| Midlothian | 8 |
385 |
34.5 |
85.5 |
| Moray | 7 |
254 |
19.1 |
44.5 |
| North Ayrshire | 15 |
723 |
34.2 |
77.7 |
| North Lanarkshire | 19 |
894 |
20.4 |
49.7 |
| Orkney Islands | 0 |
0 |
- |
- |
| Perth & Kinross | 20 |
832 |
34.4 |
76.5 |
| Renfrewshire | 14 |
912 |
35.7 |
88.4 |
| Scottish Borders | 17 |
653 |
32.7 |
71.3 |
| Shetland Islands | 0 |
0 |
- |
- |
| South Ayrshire | 23 |
806 |
38.9 |
86.1 |
| South Lanarkshire | 39 |
1,998 |
46.9 |
119.7 |
| Stirling | 9 |
376 |
29.5 |
64.9 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 3 |
142 |
9.8 |
23.1 |
| West Lothian | 10 |
601 |
36.0 |
89.0 |
| Scotland | 506 |
22,831 |
29.2 |
67.4 |
| Source: Scottish Health Service, Information & Statistics Division |
| (1) Places relate to the total number of beds and will include beds not used specifically for care of older people. |