§ Colonel Stoddart-Scottasked the Minister of Health the number of cases of nervous disorders, neurological and psychological, requiring institutional inpatient treatment in England and Wales in the last complete prewar year and in the last complete war year; and in the latter case the numbers who were civilians and the numbers in the Services, respectively.
§ Mr. Bevan:The number of patients under care in mental institutions under the Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts at the end of 1938 was 158,723 and at the end of 1944 was 146,268. These figures relate to civilian patients. Any question relating to the numbers in the Services should be addressed to the Service Departments.
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