asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state, in respect of each of the last three years for which the information is available, the average weekly cost per head of the maintenance of each patient in (a) Heather-side, Woodlands, Peamount and Crooksling Sanatoria, and (b) Grangegorman, Portrane, Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Clonmel Mental Hospitals.
Written Answers. - Mental Hospital Patients.
As regards (a) in the Deputy's question the average weekly cost of maintaining a patient in Heatherside, Woodlands, Peamount and Crooksling Sanatoria for each of the last three years for which the information is available, was:—
|
Sanatorium |
Year ended 31st March, 1943 |
Year ended 31st March, 1944 |
Year ended 31st March, 1945 |
||||||
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
|
Heatherside |
2 |
18 |
8 |
2 |
16 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
|
Woodlands |
2 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
15 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
*Peamount |
2 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
10 |
9 |
2 |
9 |
6 |
|
Crooksling |
2 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
2 |
13 |
5 |
* The figures in respect of Peamount are for the calendar years i.e., 1943, 1944 and 1945.
As regards (b) in the Deputy's question the average weekly cost of maintaining a patient for each of the years ended 31st March, 1943, 31st March, 1944, and 31st March, 1945, respectively in the mental hospitals indicated was:—
|
Mental Hospital |
Year ended 31st March, 1943 |
Year ended 31st March, 1944 |
Year ended 31st March, 1945 |
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|
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
|
Cork |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
Clonmel |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
|
Grangegorman including Portrane |
1 |
16 |
5 |
1 |
19 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
|
Limerick |
1 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
9 |
|
Waterford |
1 |
3 |
9 |
1 |
5 |
11 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
There are farms attached to all mental hospitals and these farms are mainly utilised in the production of food for use in the institutions, thus tending to make the institutions self-supporting in regard to a number of items of food.