§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will set 414W out in the OFFICIAL REPORT the figures for those admitted to hospitals since 1970 by reason of cancer of the lung, bronchitis, alcoholism and the effects of canabis, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonThe latest available figures are as follows:
Condition Spells of treatment in hospital England and Wales 1969 (estimated) Cancer of trachea, bronchus and lung 41,400 Chronic bronchitis and emphysema 67,800 Acute bronchitis 17,900 Alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver 800
Admissions to mental illness hospitals and units in England and Wales 1970 Including alcoholism or alcoholic psychosis 8,708 Drug addiction with use of cannabis alone or with other drugs 233