HC Deb 16 December 1957 vol 580 cc5-6W
20. Mr. Dodds

asked the Minister of Health, in view of the ruling of the Lord Chief Justice in the case of Regina v. Head, in which he defines a moral defective under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, and, in view of the comments of the Lord Chief Justice on the possibility of other unlawful detentions, what action it is proposed to take to review the cases of all those detained under Section 1 (d) of this Act relating to moral defect with

considered in terms of student mental nurses alone. I am glad to be able to report that between December, 1955, and March, 1957, the number of students in mental and mental deficiency hospitals increased by 33 per cent. from 4,226 to 5,641.