§ 39. Mr. Kellyasked the Minister of Pensions the number of visits paid by the medical officers of the Ministry to service patients in mental hospitals and colonies for the mentally defective during 1936 and 1937?
§ The Minister of Pensions (Mr. Ramsbotham)The number of visits paid by the medical inspector attached to Ministry headquarters, to institutions in Great Britain and Ireland in which Service patients were being treated was 135 during 1936 and 212 in 1937. In addition, frequent visits are paid by local medical officers of the Ministry to mental hospitals from time to time in connection with the admission of fresh cases, but of these no central record is kept.
§ Mr. KellyHave any improvements taken place during the last couple of years indicating that these men are being restored to their homes?
§ Mr. RamsbothamI could not possibly answer that question without notice. It is quite a different question.