§ 63. Mr. WHITEasked the Minister of Health if he can state the number of cases of psittacosis notified during the month of March?
§ Mr. GREENWOODPsittacosis is not a notifiable disease, but my Department has received information of 20 cases of illness which commenced last month and in which the patients had been associated with sick parrots. I am advised, however, that in the present state of knowledge of psittacosis it is not possible to say definitely how many of these persons were in fact suffering from that disease.
Dr. DAVIESIs the right hon. Gentleman considering the question of prohibiting the importation of these parrots?
| NUMBER of PATIENTS who died in Institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board of Control. | |||||
| Year. | Institutions for the Insane (under the Lunacy Acts). | Institutions for Mental Defectives. | |||
| 1920 | … | … | 8,476 | Not available. | |
| 1921 | … | … | 8,523 | 117 | Not including deaths in poor Law Institutions approved under Section 37 of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, Certified Houses, or Approved Homes. |
| 1922 | … | … | 9,370 | 207 | |
| 1923 | … | … | 8,326 | 181 | |
| 1924 | … | … | 8,386 | 206 | |
| 1925 | … | … | 8,521 | 256 | |
| 1926 | … | … | 8,392 | 177 | |
| 1927 | … | … | 9,292 | 207 | Not including deaths in Poor Law Institutions approved under Section 37 of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913. |
| 1928 | … | … | 8,747 | 222 | |
| 1929 | … | … | 9,775 | 220 |
§ 73. Mr. KINLEYasked the Minister of Health the number of institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board of Control in which the approved accommodation is in excess of normal requirements; and what is that excess?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThere are 44 local authorities under the Lunacy Act who have accommodation in excess of that required for patients within their own area; and the total number of beds is at present 5,272. Most of this surplus accommodation is, however, occupied by patients received under reception contracts from other local authorities who have insufficient accommodation or do not own a mental hospital. I am informed that private institutions under the Lunacy Act have sufficient vacant beds to meet normal requirements. In the case of mental deficiency institutions, there is no accommodation in excess of normal requirements.
§ Mr. KINLEYAre steps being taken to secure accommodation in the case of local authorities which at present have no accommodation?