asked the Minister for 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 patients in each mental hospital.
Written Answers. - Maintenance of Mental Hospital Patients.
The average weekly cost of maintaining a patient in each district mental hospital and auxiliary mental hospital during each of the three years ended 31st March, 1945, 31st March, 1946, and 31st March, 1947, respectively, is shown hereunder:—
DISTRICT AND AUXILIARY MENTAL HOSPITALS.
Average weekly cost per head of the maintenance of patients in each mental hospital for each of the three years ended 31st March, 1947.
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Hospital District Mental |
Average weekly cost per patient |
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Year ended: 31/3/1945 |
Year ended: 31/3/1946 |
Year ended: 31/3/1947 |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
|
Ardee |
1 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
|
Ballinasloe and Castlerea |
1 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
11 |
7 |
|
Carlow |
1 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
8 |
|
Castlebar |
1 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
|
Clonmel |
1 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
|
Cork |
1 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
|
Ennis |
1 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
1 |
11 |
10 |
|
Enniscorthy |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
13 |
9 |
|
Grangegorman and Portrane |
2 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
Kilkenny |
1 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
11 |
|
Killarney |
1 |
4 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
|
Letterkenny |
1 |
5 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
11 |
|
Limerick |
1 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
8 |
|
Monaghan |
1 |
10 |
10 |
1 |
8 |
8 |
1 |
13 |
7 |
|
Mullingar |
1 |
11 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
8 |
1 |
16 |
0 |
|
Portlaoighise |
1 |
5 |
11 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
8 |
|
Sligo |
1 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
1 |
7 |
9 |
|
Waterford |
1 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
|
AVERAGE OF ABOVE Auxiliary Mental Hospital. |
1 |
8 |
6 |
1 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
12 |
2 |
|
Youghal |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
19 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
5 |