§ Captain Viscount WOLMERasked the Home Secretary how many State institutions for the care of mentally defective children have been provided by the administrative committee of the Board of Control set up by the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913; what their accommodation is; and how many applications for admittance 1138W into such institutions have had to be refused by the Board of Control on account of inadequate accommodation?
§ Sir G. CAVEThe Board of Control is only empowered to establish State institutions for defectives of dangerous or violent propensities, and the number of defective children of this class has not been sufficient to make it necessary to establish a State institution for their treatment. The board has not received any requests to provide accommodation for such cases.