HC Deb 22 December 1954 vol 535 cc300-1W
Mr. Collick

asked the Minister of Health how many mentally-defective children are awaiting admission to mental hospitals and institutions from the Liverpool and Manchester Regional Hospital Board areas; the figures for each area and each year since the boards were established; and the figures for the county borough of Birkenhead.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The most recently available figures are:

Liverpool Regional Hospital Board Manchester Regional Hospital Board Birkenhead Country Borough
4th December, 1954 4th December, 1954 30th November, 1954
267 386 21

For previous years reliable figures are available only since 1951 and for the Manchester Regional Hospital Board area and the area of the Birkenhead County Borough. They are:

Manchester Regional Hospital Board Birkenhead Country Borough
31st December, 1951 342 38
31st December, 1952 361 37
31st December, 1953 358 26

Lists of mentally-defective children awaiting admission to mental hospitals or institutions from the Liverpool Regional Hospital Board area before 1954 were kept both by the Liverpool Regional Hospital Board and the Manchester Regional Hospital Board. These figures contain some duplication and are misleading for purposes of comparison.