HC Deb 03 March 1960 vol 618 cc165-6W
Mr. Sydney Irving

asked the Minister of Health what percentage of hospital accommodation is provided by the South East Metropolitan Regional Board for mentally defective children; and how this compares with other regions and with the national average.

Miss Pitt

The position at the end of 1958 was as follows:

Hospital Region Percentage of hospital accommodation occupied by mentally defective children (aged under 16)
S.E. Metropolitan 1.6
Newcastle 1.8
Leeds 1.7
Sheffield 1.5
East Anglian 1.2
N.W. Metropolitan 2.4
N.E. Metropolitan 1.5
S.W. Metropolitan 1.5
Oxford 2.3
South Western 1.8
Wales 1.3
Birmingham 1.6
Manchester 1.2
Liverpool 0.5
All regions 1.6

In addition, a number of children were in private institutions under contractural arrangements made by regional hospital boards.