§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the number of first admissions to mental-handicap hospitals by age groups in each of the last10 years in Scotland.
Year of Admission Age on Admission 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 *1982 0–14 168 155 154 132 124 110 121 100 94 58 15–24 87 60 68 62 78 74 66 65 77 49 25–34 30 17 26 28 21 24 26 26 22 14 35–44 27 15 26 26 21 20 13 25 29 11 45–54 16 23 18 22 24 36 22 18 21 11 55–64 10 5 11 12 11 8 13 14 15 10 65–74 8 4 3 4 9 4 11 6 3 3 75–84 — 2 4 1 1 3 2 1 4 5 85+ — — — — — 1 — — — — All ages 346 281 310 287 289 280 274 255 265 161 * Provisional data.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the number of discharges of mentally-handicapped children under 16 years of age from mental handicap hospitals in Scotland together with the places discharged to, for each of the last 10 years.
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§ Mr. John MacKayThis information is as follows:
§ Mr. John MacKayThis information is as follows:
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Year of Discharge Disposal on Discharge 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 *1982 Died 28 28 17 20 14 11 8 11 10 7 Discharged Home 341 274 305 357 430 448 716 773 830 707 Discharged to Hostel 11 9 18 4 13 6 9 5 1 4 Transferred to other psychiatric inpatient care 38 30 37 20 21 19 7 11 3 7 Transferred to other inpatient care 14 16 11 7 5 8 14 11 7 5 Discharged to penal institution — — 1 — — — — 1 — — Other/Not Known 18 15 19 7 10 10 15 8 9 5 All Discharges 450 372 408 415 493 502 769 820 860 735 * Provisional data