§ Mr. ARMITAGEasked the Home Secretary the total number of lunatics in England and Wales, and the proportion they bore to the total population on 1st January in each of the following years: 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, and 1912?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe information is given in the following Table:—
Table showing, for England and Wales, the total number of lunatics, idiots, and persons of unsound mind, on the 1st of January in each year, with their ratio (per 10,000) to the population:—
Year. Population (at the time of the Census). Total Number of Lunatics, etc. (on 1st January). Ratio (per 10,000) to Population. 1851 17,927,609 16,456 9.18 1861 20,066,224 39,647 19.76 1871 22,712,266 56,755 24.99 1881 25,974,439 73,113 28.15 1891 29,002,525 86,795 29.92 1901 32,527,843 107,944 33.19 1911 36,075,269 133,157 36.91 1912 36,545,076* 135,661 37.12 * Estimated for the middle of the year.