OVER 8000 INSANE.
POSIITION IN NEW SOUTH W ALES.
PROPERTY WORTH £1,000,000
“That lunacy is an important feature in the economic life of New Soutli Wales is proved by the fact that the value of the properties managed by the Master in Lunacy is estimated to exceed £1,000,0'09.”
In making this statement the NeuSouth WalTes Minister for Heajth (Mr Cann) said that the number of patients admitted to the mental hospitals since January 1, 1925, was 1372, which brought the total number of inmates up to 8379. About one-quarter of these, he declared, owned property. The trust moneys collected amounted to over £200,000 a year, and the accumulated funds invested exceeded £635,000. Most of this had been invested in a, general fund, the earnings of -which were distributed hailf-yearly on a basis of monthly net balances, the average rate of interest being 5% per cent, a year.
Full, responsibility for the administration of the estates owned by the afflicted patients is t,aken by the Master in Lunacy, with the proviso that relatives and others are afforded an opportunity of giving advice and help when they are willing and able io do S.Q.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4924, 11 January 1926, Page 2
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192OVER 8000 INSANE. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4924, 11 January 1926, Page 2
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