HC Deb 28 November 1930 vol 245 c1671W
Mr. SHEPHERD

asked the Minister of Health why the monthly issue of statistics showing the numbers of casuals and lunatics has ceased?

Mr. GREENWOOD

My hon. Friend is under some misapprehension. There has been no change in regard to the issue of these statistics. Figures for casuals have been issued in quarterly statements since 1919 and this practice is being continued. The number of lunatics on any day other than 1st January has not been ascertained for many years. Patients in mental hospitals are no longer deemed to be in receipt of poor relief, and the numbers of such persons will not appear in future issues of the Quarterly Statement.