“A forgotten generation”: medical care for disabled veterans of the First World War in independent Ireland

Figures & data

Table 1. Running costs of Ministry of Pensions Hospitals in Irish Free State and comparison with UK mainland hospitals with highest and lowest running costs

	Total cost of in-patients (excluding rent, rates and taxes) per annum	Average cost per annum per bed occupied	Average cost per in-patient per day
Blackrock	£45,212	£158 12s 9d	8s 8d
Leopardstown	£17,260	£141 9s 6d	7s 9d
Irish Free State Total	£62,472 (10.4% of UK budget)
		Highest & Lowest average cost in UK	Highest & Lowest average cost in UK
British Isles Total	£599,464	£247 7s 4d	13s 6d
		£87 16s 5d	4s 10d

Statistics drawn for House of Commons written reply regarding Ministry of Pensions Hospitals given on 10 March 1927 for the period 1 February 1926 to 31 January 1927.