HC Deb 01 April 1971 vol 814 cc434-5W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, of the deaths at all ages in England and Wales, what numbers and proportions took place

DEATHS IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR THE CARE OF THE SICK, ENGLAND AND WALES
Lunatic Asylums Hospitals Workhouses All deaths
Number Proportion Number Proportion Number Proportion Number Proportion
1890 6,160 1.1 19,655 3.5 39,346 7.0 562,248 100

Mental Institutions Hospitals Nursing Homes Poor Law Institutions All deaths
Number Proportion Number Proportion Number Proportion Number Proportion Number Proportion
1926.30 49,384 2.1 304,587 12.8 29,428 1.2 397,130 16.6 2,386,721 100

Mental hospitals and Mental deficiency hospitals General Hospitals Nursing Homes All deaths
Number Proportion Number Proportion Number Proportion Number Proportion
1953 13,302 2.6 186,026 36.9 10,488 2.1 503,529 100

Mental hospitals Mental deficiencies hospitals Other hospitals and institutions for the care of the sick All deaths
Number Proportion Number Proportion Number Proportion
1954 13,762 2.7 203,709 40.6 501,896 100
1955 Not available Not available Not available
1956 14,974 2.9 219,684 42.1 521,331 100
1957 15,060 2.9 225,345 43.8 514,870 100
1958 15,564 3.0 232,969 44.2 526,843 100
1959 16,247 3.1 241,886 45.8 527,651 100
1960 16,144 3.1 247,069 46.9 526,268 100
1961 17,329 3.1 262,330 47.5 551,752 100
1962 17,964 3.2 267,546 48.0 557,636 100
1963 18,673 3.3 276,978 48.3 572,868 100
1964 16,979 3.2 269,001 50.3 534,737 100
1969 17,877 3.1 308,267 53.2 579,378 100