HC Deb 27 July 1959 vol 610 c11W
64. Mr. B. Harrison

asked the Minister of Health how many new hospital beds have been provided in Essex for low-grade mental defectives in 1956, 1957, and 1958, respectively; and how many are to be provided in 1959 and 1960.

Mr. R. Thompson

Separate figures of beds for low-grade patients are not available, but the number of beds provided, or proposed to be provided, by the North East Metropolitan Region for medium and low-grade mental defectives are:

1956 108
1957 Nil
1958 92
1959 170
1960

The majority of these beds are, or will be, occupied by patients from Essex.