HC Deb 12 December 1929 vol 233 cc659-60
90. Mr. EDE

asked the Minister of Health how many local authorities have provided institutions for the residential care of the mentally defective; and how many have not up to the present made that provision?

Mr. GREENWOOD

Twenty-eight local authorities have provided institutions for the residential care of mental defectives. Eighteen have schemes in progress. Seventy-eight have not up to the present made any institutional provision of their own.