§ 35. Mr. KELLYasked the Minister of Health the number of people who compose the Board of Control; and whether they visit in each year all the mental hospitals and colonies for mental defectives, particularly those which are privately owned and conducted for profit?
§ Sir K. WOODThe Board of Control consists of the Chairman and four other members, styled Senior Commissioners. For the purposes of the work of visitation and inspection, the board are assisted by 12 commissioners and four inspectors. All institutions (including mental hospitals) accommodating patients under the provisions of the Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts, 1890–1930, and all institutions (including colonies for mental defectives) accommodating patients under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts, 1913–1927, are visited in each year, whether or not they are privately owned and conducted for profit.