HC Deb 17 March 1937 vol 321 c2082W
Sir R. Glyn

asked the Minister of Health whether he can state the present number of certified lunatics in the asylums of England and Wales under the administration of county authorities; and how do these figures compare with the numbers in 1926 and 1913?

Sir K. Wood

The number of certified mental patients in mental hospitals provided by local authorities (i.e., county and county borough councils and a certain number of non-county borough councils) in England and Wales was as follows:

1st January
1937 123,609
1926 107,836
1913 103,842