HC Deb 18 February 1943 vol 386 cc1931-2
38. Mr. Rhys Davies

asked the Minister of Health the number of deaths in mental and mental deficiency institutions for each year from, and including, 1938 and onwards; and the percentage for each year to the total population of those institutions?

Mr. E. Brown

As the answer involves a tabular statement, I will with permission circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Davies

Is there anything in the nature of an alarming increase in the percentage of these deaths?

Mr. Brown

No, Sir. The hon. Gentleman had better look at the answer.

Following is the reply:

The figures asked for are set out in the following tables:—

I. Mental Institutions
Year No. of deaths Percentage
1938 … … 9,136 6.57
1939 … … 10,207 7.30
1940 … … 11,623 8.38
1941 … … 12,598 9.22
II. Mental Deficiency Institutions
Year No. of deaths Percentage
1938 … … 442 1.24
1939 … … 499 1.33
1940 … … 636 1.65
1941 … … 734 1.87

The institutions included in Table I are:—County and Borough Mental Hospitals, Registered Hospitals, Licensed Houses, Hospitals and Nursing Homes approved under the Mental Treatment Act, 1930, Naval and Military Hospitals and the Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Broad-moor. Those included in Table II are:—the State Institution, Certified Institutions, Certified Houses, and Approved Homes.

Percentages are based on the daily average number of patients resident.