MENTAL DEFECTIVES (INSTITUTIONAL DISCHARGES).

HC Deb 10 February 1938 vol 331 c1300W

Mr. Kelly

asked the Minister of Health whether he can state the number of patients discharged by the Board of Control from colonies for the mentally defective during 1936 and 1937?

Sir K. Wood

The number of patients discharged by the Board of Control from Certified Institutions under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, were 152 in 1936 and 200 in 1937.