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pointed out, 20 deaths so caused. Cirrhosis of the liver, a condition
due, as a rule, to alcoholic excess, caused the death of 26 persons.
Hence it may be said that at least 46 deaths were probably due to
alcoholic excess. The figures are as follows:—
Years.
Alcoholism
and Delirium
Tremens.
Cirrhosis of
Liver.
Total.
1901 11 22 33
1902 27 21 48
1903 22 29 51
1904 19 25 44
1905 8 22 30
1906 21 31 52
1907 20 26 46
Totals (1901-1907) 128 176 304
Ten of the 20 deaths due directly to alcoholism occurred between
the ages of 30 and 50.
There are in Finsbury some 309 licensed premises, or one to every
329 persons. In many of these, notices of dilution under the Food
and Drugs Acts are exhibited with a view of protecting the vendor
in the event of prosecution for selling adulterated spirits.
Out of the 20 deaths due directly to alcoholism, 7 were women.
Out of the 26 deaths due to alcoholic liver (a more chronic form of
poisoning), 12 were women. One of the 14 men was a barman.