§ Dr. D. Johnsonasked the Minister of Health what is the average length of stay of patients at present detained in Rampton State Institution; and how many patients have been detained for ten
— Between 10 years and 15 years Between 15 years and 20 years Between 20 years and 25 years Between 25 years and 30 years 30 years or over Male … … 71 44 28 18 16 Female … … 36 24 29 15 4
§ Dr. D. Johnsonasked the Minister of Health the number of patients detained in Rampton State Institution who are defined as mental defectives under Section 1 (1) (d) of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, namely as moral defectives; and what are the customary tests used to define mental defectiveness under this Section.
§ Mr. VosperSixteen male and two female patients. As with other classes of mental defect, assessment is based on the patient's incapacity in daily life, in school work or in response to standardised intelligence tests: there is also an estimate of his strongly vicious or criminal propensities, based on his behaviour.
§ Dr. D. Johnsonasked the Minister of Health how many children under the age of fifteen years there are detained at Rampton State Institution; and what proportion of such children were transferred to the adult section when reaching the age of fifteen years during the latest convenient year.
§ Mr. VosperNineteen boys and three girls under the age of sixteen years, which is the age when a juvenile becomes an adult. Six boys and six girls were moved to the adult section in 1956.
§ Dr. D. Johnsonasked the Minister of Health, how often the visiting magistrates visit Rampton State Institution; how long their visits last; and how many cases on the average have been reviewed on each visit.
§ Mr. VosperQuarterly visits of two days duration. The average number of patients seen on each visit is seventy.
46Wyears, fifteen years, twenty years, twenty-five years and thirty years or more, respectively.
§ Mr. VosperThere is no average period of stay, but the numbers of patients detained for the periods mentioned are as follows:
§ Dr. D. Johnsonasked the Minister of Health how many patients detained in Rampton State Institution have had their certificates revoked by visiting justices of the peace during the past ten years at reviews that have taken place after their attaining the age of twenty-one years.
§ Mr. VosperTwo.
§ Dr. D. Johnsonasked the Minister of Health how many patients were discharged from Rampton State Institution during the latest convenient year; and what were the various categories of destination to which such patients were discharged.
§ Mr. VosperEighty-eight patients were discharged during 1956 as follows:
Males Females Transferred to ordinary Mental Deficiency Hospitals 28 23 Transferred to Moss Side Hospital 15 11 Transferred to Mental Hospitals 4 4 Discharged to their own Homes 2 1
§ Dr. D. Johnsonasked the Minister of Health how many patients were readmitted to Rampton State Institution during the latest convenient year after being discharged to other institutions and discharged on licence elsewhere, respectively.
§ Mr. VosperThe number of patients re-admitted during 1956 after being dis- 47W charged to other institutions and discharged on licence respectively are as follows:
— From other Institutions From Licence Males … … 13 3 Females … … 13 4
§ Dr. D. Johnsonasked the Minister of Health what is the average period of stay by patients of Rampton State Institution, who are committed there, in the refractory ward of the men's side and the isolation ward on the women's side.
§ Mr. VosperThere is no average period of stay in the special observation wards. Some patients are there for a day or two, others for a few weeks; a smaller number for months and exceptionally, some for several years.