§ 77. Mr. Anthony Greenwoodasked the Minister of Health what representations he has received from the Lancashire County Council as to the urgent need for providing proper institutional treatment for mentally defective children at present in Public Assistance mental wards; and how many such children are so placed in Lancashire.
§ Mr. BevanThe Council has expressed concern that a number of these children have still to be cared for in the mental and general wards of these institutions, and every effort has been—and is being—made to transfer them to specialised institutions. Inquiry last year showed 156 children so situated, of whom, so far, 17 have been able to be moved to mental deficiency institutions.