§ Mr. GRIFFITHSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department, as representing the Ministry of Health, in how many cases in the last year for which returns are available have voluntary boarders been certified in licensed houses and registered hospitals, respectively; in how many have reception orders been signed without the boarder having been seen by a. magistrate; in how many of these has a notice of right of appeal to a judicial authority been served upon the boarder; in how many has this right been availed of; in how many has a prejudicial certificate in regard to the boarder been sent up to the board; and in how many has the manager, availing himself of the authorisation of a relative, taken upon himself to summon the certifying doctors?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS:Of the 977 voluntary boarders resident in licensed houses and registered hospitals during the year 1922, in licensed houses 88 were certified and detained therein, and three were certified and sent to other institutions; in registered hospitals 57 were certified and detained therein, and five were certified and sent to other institutions. Information with regard to the points raised in the remainder of the question is not at present available, but will be supplied to the hon. Member so soon as it has been obtained. The Board of Control, however, have no reason to think that the provisions of Section 8 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, have not been carried out in every case.