§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish a table showing the number of admissions to mental hospitals and units with diagnosis of alcoholic psychosis in Great Britain for each of the years from 1965 to 1981 inclusive, for men and women respectively.
§ Lord TrefgarneThe information for England and Wales which is readily available for each of the years 1965 to 1980 is shown in the table below.
Admissions to mental illness hospitals and units with a primary diagnosis of alcholic psychosis.
ENGLAND AND WALES Males Females Males Females 1965 346 111 1973 1,210 504 1966 342 119 1974 1,169 581 1967 317 79 1975 1,105 551 1968 263 90 1976 1,204 580 1969 273 87 1977 1,108 659 1978 1,082 617 1970 686 231 1971 996 357 1979 391 177 1972 1,065 449 1980 452 184 In 1970 and 1979 there were changes in the coding procedure associated with changes in the International Classification of Diseases; the data are not comparable with earlier years after such changes.