HC Deb 09 March 1979 vol 963 c855W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons were admitted to mental illness hospitals and units with a primary or secondary diagnosis of alcoholism or alcoholic psychosis in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978 in (a) the North-Western regional health authority and (b) the Mersey regional health authority.

Mr. Moyle

Following are the numbers:

North-Western RHA Mersey RHA
1974 1,164 723
1975 1,270 679
1976 1,423 719

Figures for 1977 and 1978 are not yet available.