By 1975 Denmark should have 9 new mental hospitals, each, with one exception, closely linked to a general hospital. This is the most striking of the proposals contained in the Report∗ of a Commission set up by the Danish Ministry of Internal Affairs in 1952. This Commission was to “report on trends of development of the State Mental Hospital Service in respect of organization and buildings, with special reference to the necessary adaptation of the hospitals to present-day needs and forms of treatment. The Commission's deliberations, which should principally be concerned with the modernizing and extension of the hospitals together with their position in relation to the general hospital service, should also include the possible extension of treatment to categories of patients with mental disorders other than true insanity. The Commission's work should be so arranged that its report can constitute the immediate foundation for the practical organization of future reform work.” This Report contains much of general interest and much which might merit wider application.