Mr. ROBINSONasked the Minister of Pensions the number of institutions controlled by the Ministry; the name and place where situated, and for 12 months up to the last convenient date, in respect of each institution, the number of beds available for use; the daily average number of beds occupied; the number of in-patients treated to a conclusion; total cost of in-patients, excluding rent, rates and taxes; average cost per bed occupied; average cost per in-patient; average cost per in-patient per day; average residence per in-patient treated to a conclusion; and the average number of inpatients per bed occupied?
§ Major TRYONI append a table showing the particulars asked for, as far as they can be given, with regard to each of the hospitals controlled by my Department.
It has not been found practicable to base the figures of residence and cost upon the number of in-patients "treated to a conclusion.' This method of cal- 1377W culation is only suitable to hospitals with a frequently changing population of a fairly uniform type, which is not the case with most of the Ministry hospitals.
The hospitals have been arranged in groups according to the predominant type of case in them, but it will be understood that several of the hospitals provide accommodation for patients of special types (e.g., cases of malaria and dysentery, paraplegics, and observation cases) in addition to their normal occupants.
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Hospitals under the Control of the Ministry of Pensions, period 1st February, 1926, TO 31ST JANUARY, 1927. Hospital. Number of beds available (average). Daily average of number occupied. Total cost of in-patients (excluding rent, rates and taxes) per annum. Average cost per annum per bed occupied. Average cost per in-patient per day. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Hospitals for General Medical and Surgical Cases. £ £ s. d. s. d. Coombe Park, Bath 301 248 44,015 177 9 7 9 9 Beckett Park, Leeds 242 228 43,196 189 9 1 10 4 Bellahouston Glasgow 210 195 42,582 218 7 4 12 0 Blackrock, Dublin 298 285 45,212 158 12 9 8 8 Castle Leazes, Newcastle-on-Tyne 328 294 55,322 188 3 5 10 4 Craigleith, Edinburgh 230 200 43,394 216 19 5 11 11 Chepstow 150 138 24,737 179 5 1 9 10 Grangethorpe, Manchester 227 200 34,416 167 1 4 9 2 Mossley Hill, Liverpool 353 320 44,460 138 18 9 7 7 Rookwood, Llandaff 58 53 7,405 139 14 3 7 9 Leopardstown Patk, Stillorgan, Dublin. 136 122 17,260 141 9 6 7 9 Hospitals for Neurological Cases. Cosham, Hants 286 Opened in December, 1926-January, 1927. Statistics not available. Edenhall, Musselburgh, Edinburgh 100 95 9,433 99 6 0 5 5 Harrowby Camp, Grantham 230 217 23,709 109 6 2 6 0 Orpington, Kent 429 400 51,941 129 17 1 7 1 Saltash, Cornwall 433 406 35,657 87 16 5 4 10 Hospitals for Epileptics and Certified Mental Cases. Maghull, Liverpool 300 267 33,706 120 4 9 6 11 *Kirkburton, near Huddersfield 280 272 30,091 110 12 7 6 0 Hospital for Nurses (General Medical and Surgical). Holborn Red Cross Hospital, Fernbank, Roehampton, S.W. 12 9½ 2,350 247 7 4 13 6 Hospital for Officers (Neurological). Latehmere, Ham Common, Surrey. 58 44 10,578 240 8 0 13 3 * This hospital, while under the full medical control of this Ministry is, formally, part of an institution established under the Lunacy Acts by the local authority. With regard to the figures of cost, it should be understood that they comprise the expenditure on full maintenance charges (including fuel, light, water, repairs and replacement of furniture, bedding, linen and other equipment and the full cost of maintaining the buildings) in addition to salaries, wages and allowances; provisions; drugs, dressings, surgical instruments, etc.; laundry and cleaning; transport; patients' clothing; upkeep of grounds; and other miscellaneous expenditure.