HC Deb 05 March 1923 vol 161 c61W
Mr. RHYS DAVIES

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department, as representing the Ministry of Health, the average annual cost per individual, including administration, of

— Year ending. Average Annual cost per patient.
(A) Sanatoria 31st March, 1923 £145 (estimated).
(B) County and Borough Asylums (Pauper Lunatics) 31st March, 1922 £70 7s. 4d.
(C) Institutions belonging to Poor Law Authorities (excluding the Managers of the Metropolitan Asylums District)—
(i) Infirmaries and other Poor Law institutions for persons suffering from diseases of body or mind. 31st March, 1921 (i) £149.
(ii) Separate institutions for children (ii) £74.
(iii) General Poor Law institutions (iii) £79.