§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the number of first admissions to mental handicap hospitals by age groups in each of the last 10 years in England.
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First Admissions to NHS Mental Handicap Hospitals and Units England Age 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981* All ages 1,808 1,547 1,540 1,364 1,324 1,213 1,115 932 1,039 1,120 Under 2 46 31 31 36 27 19 25 16 21 26 2–4 253 155 172 122 102 103 72 54 57 78 5–9 406 330 343 267 242 213 197 136 140 148 10–15 283 264 250 270 232 207 187 170 202 224 15–19 283 279 299 230 273 240 229 213 202 225 20–24 141 120 116 110 121 114 114 92 106 103
Children under 16 years resident in homes for the mentally handicapped (England) Year Local authority homes Registered voluntary homes 1973 908 386 1974 1,012 373 1975 1,009 266 1976 1,146 361 1977 1,192 385 1978 1,213 458 1979 1,198 437 1980 1,330 396 1981 1,317 —* 1982 1,277 —* * Information on the total number of children resident in registered voluntary homes is no longer collected.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the numbers of mentally handicapped children under 16 years resident in mental handicap hospitals by age bands in England.