asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state in respect of the year 1937 the average weekly cost per head of provisions and necessaries provided for patients and inmates respectively in hospitals and county homes in each county board of health district.
Written Answers. - Cost of Food for Hospitals.
The information sought by the Deputy is compiled and published in the annual returns of local taxation. The returns for the year ended 31st March, 1937, are not yet completed. I will communicate with the Deputy as soon as the information is available.