§ 67. Mr. Doddsasked the Minister of Health the average cost a day for food for each patient at the Darenth Park Mental Hospital at the last available date; and how this compares with 12 months previously.
§ Miss Hornsby-SmithThere are no separate figures for patients' food, but in the Hospital Costing Returns for 1950–51, which give the average cost of maintaining a patient for a week, the cost of provisions (including provisions for staff) is shown as 14s. 2d., or slightly more than 2s. a day. The corresponding figure for 1951–52 is 15s. 4d., or slightly more than 2s. 2d. a day.