asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in district mental hospitals expressed as a percentage of the population of the catchment area in each of the areas covered by the former District Mental Hospitals; and the reduction, if any, of persons in district mental hospitals expressed as a percentage of the figure in 1960-65 and of the most recent figure.
Written Answers. - District Mental Hospital Patients.
103.
The information provided is in the form of tabular statements which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
NUMBER of persons in District Mental Hospitals expressed as a percentage of population of the catchment area served by each of the District Mental Hospitals. The hospital population figures are those on 31st December, 1970. The area population figures are based on the preliminary 1971 census figures.
|
Ardee |
.54% |
|
Ballinasloe |
.95% |
|
Castlerea |
|
|
Carlow |
.32% |
|
Castlebar |
.86% |
|
Clonmel |
.52% |
|
Cork (includes Our Lady's Hospital, St. Stephen's Hospital and St. Fachtna's, Skibbereen) |
.33% |
|
Ennis |
.87% |
|
Enniscorthy |
.52% |
|
Dublin (includes St. Brendan's, St. Ita's, St. Loman's and Newcastle) |
.32% |
|
Kilkenny |
.69% |
|
Killarney |
.67% |
|
Letterkenny |
.54% |
|
Limerick |
.59% |
|
Monaghan |
.69% |
|
Mullingar |
.59% |
|
Portlaoise |
.55% |
|
Sligo |
.94% |
|
Waterford |
.66% |
TABLE showing percentage changes in mental hospital populations during the decade 1960-1970
|
Percentage changes in 1970 over 1965 |
Percentage changes in 1970 over 1960 |
|
|
Ardee |
+12.9(increase) |
+2.6(increase) |
|
Ballinasloe |
–3 |
–10.9 |
|
Castlerea |
–4.2 |
–21.5 |
|
Carlow |
–13.8 |
–28.8 |
|
Castlebar |
–8.3 |
–15.4 |
|
Clonmel |
–8.0 |
–15.7 |
|
Cork* |
–48.3 |
–50.7 |
|
Ennis |
+4.2(increase) |
–1.1 |
|
Enniscorthy |
–1.5 |
–9.9 |
|
Dublin† |
–19.8 |
–19.2 |
|
Kilkenny |
–.47 |
–12.2 |
|
Killarney |
–8.8 |
–29.8 |
|
Letterkenny |
–5.5 |
–20.4 |
|
Limerick |
–1.9 |
–10.5 |
|
Monaghan |
–9.3 |
–18.9 |
|
Mullingar |
–7.1 |
–13.3 |
|
Portlaoise |
–10.4 |
–20.5 |
|
Sligo |
+3.6(increase) |
–24.9 |
|
Waterford |
No Change |
–15.3 |
* At 31st December, 1970 there were 355 adult mentally handicapped patients in St. Raphael's, Youghal, and these patients are not now classified as mentally ill. In addition there were 446 patients (mainly geriatrics and social care cases) in Our Lady's Hospital, Cork, which are not now classified as mentally ill.
† Newcastle Hospital, Wicklow, opened on 1st November, 1966. There were 126 Wicklow patients in the Dublin hospitals on 31/12/1970. The 1970 Dublin/Wicklow patient figures have been aggregated for comparison purposes with 1960 and 1965.