§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were admitted to mental illness hospitals and units with a primary or secondary diagnosis of alcoholism or alcoholic psychosis in each area health authority in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe ninth revision of the International Classification of Diseases replaced the broad term "alcoholism" by two more specific groups—alcohol dependence syndrome and non-dependent abuse of alcohol. It seems likely that the latter will identify cases not previously recorded under "alcoholism", making comparisons of these figures with earlier years impossible.
The numbers of admissions to mental illness hospitals and units in Wales in 1979 with the stated primary or secondary diagnosis, were as follows:
AHA Alcoholic psychosis, alcohol dependence syndrome Non-dependent abuse of alcohol Total Clwyd 194 93 287 Dyfed 84 1 85 Gwent 131 24 155 Gwynedd* — — — Mid-Glamorgan 131 19 150 Powys 8 14 22 South Glamorgan 153 18 171 West Glamorgan 75 14 89 Wales 776 183 959 * There are no mental illness hospitals or units in Gwynedd.