§ 5. Captain LOSEBYasked the Minister of Pensions the number of ex-service men confined in lunatic asylums on 1st January, 1921, 1st October, 1921, and at the present date?
§ Major BARNSTON (for Sir A. Mond)The numbers of ex-service men classified as "service" patients by the authority of of the Ministry of Pensions in county 1502 and borough mental hospitals in England and Wales were as follows:
No information is available as to the numbers on the 1st October last. In addition a small number of ex-service men are detained whose classification as "service" patients the Ministry of Pensions have declined to authorise.
On 1st January, 1921 … 4,673 On 1st January, 1922 … 4,991* * Latest information available.
§ 6. Captain LOSEBYasked the Minister of Pensions the number of ex-service men confined in pauper lunatic asylums in which the ex-service men are not segregated?
§ Major BARNSTONMy right hon. Friend is not able to give the figures which are asked for. In some mental hospitals which contain large numbers of ex-service men some segregation is carried out, but generally speaking it is in the interest of the patients that they should be classified according to mental state and conduct.
§ 7. Captain LOSEBYasked the Minister of Pensions if he will give a list of the lunatic asylums in which ex-service men are detained, and the number in each asylum?
§ Major BARNSTONThe particulars for which the hon. and gallant Member asks are too long to be given in an oral reply and, with permission, my right hon. Friend proposes to have the list circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the list:
| "Service" Patients—1st January, 1922. | |||
| Name of Asylum. | No. of "Service" Patients. | ||
| Bods, Herts and Hunts | … | … | 29 |
| Berks | … | … | 46 |
| Brecon | … | … | 26 |
| Bucks | … | … | 40 |
| Cambridge | … | … | 20 |
| Carmarthen | … | … | 22 |
| Chester: Chester | … | … | 79 |
| Parkside | … | … | 61 |
| Cornwall | … | … | 40 |
| Cumberland | … | … | 35 |
| Denbigh | … | … | 59 |
| Derby Co | … | … | 33 |
| Devon | … | … | 41 |
| Dorset | … | … | 28 |
| Durham | … | … | 104 |
| Name of Asylum. | No. of "Service" Patients. | |
| Essex: Brentwood | … | 82 |
| Severalls | … | 53 |
| Glamorgan | … | 99 |
| Gloucester | … | 44 |
| Hants: Knowle | … | 57 |
| Park Prewett | … | 3 |
| Hereford | … | 18 |
| Herts | … | 43 |
| Kent: Banning Heath | … | 75 |
| Chartham | … | 37 |
| Lancaster: Lancaster | … | 107 |
| Rainhill | … | 204 |
| Prestwich | … | 292 |
| Whittingham | … | 134 |
| Winwick | … | — |
| Leics and Rutland | … | 23 |
| Lincoln: Bracebridge | … | 41 |
| Kesteven | … | 14 |
| London: Banstead | … | 150 |
| Bexley | … | 85 |
| Cane Hill | … | 110 |
| Claybury | … | 172 |
| Colney Hatch | … | 85 |
| Hanwell | … | 98 |
| Horton | … | — |
| Long Grove | … | 165 |
| Middlesex: Wandsworth | … | 82 |
| Napsbury | … | 50 |
| Monmouth | … | 41 |
| Norfolk | … | 53 |
| Northampton | … | 47 |
| Northumberland | … | 29 |
| Nottingham Co | … | 25 |
| Salop | … | 34 |
| Somerset Wells | … | 17 |
| Cotford | … | 31 |
| Staffs: Stafford | … | 53 |
| Burntwood | … | 67 |
| Cheddleton | … | 54 |
| Suffolk | … | 37 |
| Surrey: Brook wood | … | 28 |
| Netherne | … | 75 |
| Sussex: East | … | 49 |
| West | … | 21 |
| Warwick | … | 54 |
| Wight, Isle of | … | 8 |
| Wilts | … | 33 |
| Worcester, Powick | … | 41 |
| Barnsley H. | … | 20 |
| York, N.R. | … | 13 |
| York, W. R.: Wakefield | … | 135 |
| Wadsley | … | 35 |
| Menston | … | 127 |
| Storthes Hall | … | 72 |
| York, E.K. | … | 14 |
| Name of Asylum | No. of "Service" Patients. | |
| Birmingham: Winson Green | … | 54 |
| Rubery Hill | … | 72 |
| Brighton | … | 27 |
| Bristol | … | 36 |
| Canterbury | … | 6 |
| Cardiff | … | 45 |
| Croydon | … | 19 |
| Derby | … | 23 |
| Exeter | … | 14 |
| Gateshead | … | 18 |
| Hull | … | 32 |
| Ipswich | … | 13 |
| Leicester | … | 39 |
| London, City of | … | 18 |
| Middlesbrough | … | 42 |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne | … | 43 |
| Newport | … | 12 |
| Norwich | … | 28 |
| Nottingham | … | 47 |
| Plymouth | … | 37 |
| Portsmouth | … | 42 |
| Sunderland | … | 37 |
| West Ham | … | 61 |
| York | … | 21 |
| Total | … | 4,985 |