Community Care Scotland 1997 Section 2 page 19

Community Care, Scotland 1997

Table 2.19 Day Centres for Older People: Scotland, 1983-97⁽¹⁾ (see Annex A, note 3)

Year⁽²⁾	Local Authority		Registered		Total
Year⁽²⁾	No of Centres	No of Places	No of Centres	No of Places	No of Centres	No of Places

1983	70	2,043	12	2,710	82	4,753
1984	73	1,845	13	2,676	86	4,521
1985	86	2,204	14	3,100	100	5,304
1986	108	3,091	13	2,599	121	5,690
1987	129	3,446	13	2,479	142	5,925
1988	139	3,586	25	3,186	164	6,772
1989	160	3,615	31	3,352	191	6,967
1990	191	4,062	41	3,642	232	7,704
1991	203	4,304	41	3,411	244	7,715
1992	206	4,278	45	3,691	251	7,969
1993	231	4,392	46	3,888	277	8,280
1994	250	5,076	59	3,218	309	8,294
1995	247	4,914	58	3,422	305	8,336
1996	245	4,945	52	2,634	297	7,579
1997	241	4,842	60	2,467	301	7,309

(1) Excludes any Day Centres with 4 or less places (which are usually attached to residential homes).

(2) In the event of non-response, previous figures have been used. Current practice is to use only figures up to 2 years old at the census date.