§ Mr. LANSBURYasked the President of the Local Government Board if he can now give the information asked for in reference to the cost of certifying inebriates and lunatics in Metropolitan areas?
§ Mr. BURNSThe following table gives the particulars as regards lunatics. I am not in possession of particulars respecting inebriates.
Fees paid by Metropolitan Guardians under Section 285 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, during the year 1910, to medical practitioners for the examination of lunatics or alleged lunatics:—
Union Total paid in fees during the year. £ s. d. Bermondsey 230 9 6 Bethnal Green 43 1 0 Camberwell 184 3 2 Chelsea 87 3 0 Fulham 190 11 6 St. George-in-the-East 3 13 6 St. George's 101 6 6 St. Giles and St. George, Blooms bury 77 14 0 Greenwich 150 3 0 Hackney 235 4 0 Hammersmith 148 1 0 Hampstead 81 18 0 Holborn 20 18 6 Islington 15 15 0 Kensington 168 0 0 Lambeth 310 5 6 Lewisham 245 14 0 London, City of 144 18 0 Marylebone 180 12 0 Mile End Old Town 83 5 0 Paddington 85 11 6 St. Pancras 361 4 0 Poplar Borough 6 6 0 Shoreditch 142 16 0 Southwark 280 7 0 Stepney 50 18 6 Strand 80 17 0 Wandsworth 230 2 0 Westminster 40 19 0 Whitechapel 14 14 0 Woolwich 128 2 0 Total £4,124 13 2 The Lunacy Act., 1890, gives authority to a justice to order the payment by the guardians of a fee to a medical practitioner called in to examine a lunatic or an alleged lunatic. It is understood that in some cases arrangements have been made by which the examination of alleged lunatics 402W is made by one of the Poor Law medical officers, who is paid a salary inclusive of remuneration for examining lunatics, or a. fixed sum in lieu of fees. This may account for the small amount paid in fees in, certain cases.