The delegate list shows a "marked increase" in the number of front-line workers, migrant workers, farmers, professional and technical personnel and women.

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Some patients were referred to Northumberland for treatment, but when they declined to go, they were marked as "unavailable for social reasons" and not included among patients on a list which had the target time of 18 weeks for treatment.

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