§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give details of the health area distribution and total numbers of patients admitted to principal psychiatric hospitals with a diagnosis of alcoholic psychosis for each of the past five years for which complete figures are available; and how many annually had to be transferred to general hospitals for medical and surgical complications of chronic alcoholism.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe number of admissions to mental illness hospitals and units in Wales with a principal diagnosis of alcoholic psychosis, in each of the last five years were as follows:
AHA of residence Year of Admission 1977 1978 1979 1980 *1981 Clwyd 9 1 2 3 1 Dyfed 2 3 3 1 1 Gwent 15 — 3 4 4 Gwynedd 8 1 1 2 2 Mid Glamorgan 15 2 12 14 12 Powys — — — — 1 South Glamorgan 24 12 22 18 21 West Glamorgan 7 2 3 5 4 Other/NK 4 3 4 2 1 TOTAL 84 24 50 49 47 * Provisional. No information is centrally available on the reasons for transfer between hospitals.