§ 71. Mr. ROWLANDSasked the number of attendants and nurses employed in county and borough asylums in England and Wales on 31st December, 1912, and the percentage of whom had less than one year's service and over five years' service on that date?
§ Mr. McKENNAI am informed by the Commissioners in Lunacy that the total number of day and night attendants and nurses, exclusive of head attendants and assistant head attendants, employed in the county and borough asylums in England and Wales on 31st December, 1912, was 12,337 (5,762 males and 6,575 females). Of that number, the proportion under one year's service was 23 per cent. (namely, male attendants, 17 per cent., and nurses, 29 per cent.); and the proportion over five years' service (excluding six asylums open less than seven years, where 655 attendants and nurses were employed) was 37 per cent. (namely, male attendants, 52 per cent., and nurses, 24 per cent.).