§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the proportion per head of the population, from the latest available figures, of those suffering from mental derangement in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and also the figures on the same basis of the deaf and dumb in England, Scotland, and Ireland.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe proportion of persons suffering from mental derangement in the year 1901 was, in England, one in 245; in Scotland, one in 220; and in Ireland, one in 178. It must however be borne in mind that in England and Scotland the feeble-minded as well as lunatics and idiots are included, whereas the Irish figures comprise lunatics and idiots only. The proportion of deaf and dumb persons, according to the census of 1901, was, in England, one in 2,134; in Scotland, one in 1,695; and in Ireland, one in 1,450.