§ Mr. Murrayasked the Minister of Health the cost per week of keeping a patient in an ordinary hospital in 1940, 1950, and at the latest possible date; and the cost per week of keeping a patient in a mental hospital in 1940, 1950, and at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodInformation relating to 1940 is not available. For 1950–51 and 1953–54 the average weekly cost of maintaining a patient in, respectively, general and mental hospitals administerd by hospital management committees was as follows:
Cost per week Type of hospital 1950–51 1953–54 £ s. d. £ s. d. General … 13 10 3 15 15 5 Mental … 3 15 11 4 12 6 Note: The figures given are the total net cost adjusted notionally for out-patient expenditure.