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Alcohol is really a narcotic, and often its first effect is to weaken a
man's self-control while his passions are excited; hence the
number of crimes which occur under its influence, as well as
the spreading of vice and disease.
Lunacy figures show a large and increasing number of men and
women admitted to asylums through drink.
Alcoholism perverts the moral nature, affects the judgment, and
weakens the memory; it creates an enormous loss to the
community through destroying the productiveness of the
worker.
This handbill is issued by order of the Borough Council.
CHARLES HENDRICK, Mayor.
ARTHUR P. JOHNSON, Town Clerk.
G. F. McCLEARY, M.D., Medical Officer of Health.
Town Hall, Hampstead,
June, 1907.
Diseases of the Circulatory System.
These accounted for 138 deaths, as compared with 134 in 1906.
Diseases of the Respiratory System.
The total mortality from these diseases was 138, as compared
with 118 in 1906. 34 deaths occurred in children under five years
of age, and 60 in persons from 65 years upwards.
Of the total deaths 63 were due to Pneumonia, 59 to Bronchitis,
5 to Pleurisy, and 11 to other diseases of the respiratory organs.
Accident.
18 deaths were classified under this heading, as compared with
19 in 1906. 6 were due to falls, 4 to suffocation, 1 to poison, 1 to
drowning, 2 on railways, 3 ran over in street, and 1 to another
accident.
Suicide.
Twelve persons committed suicide as against 7 in 1906. In 4
cases the cause of death was poisoning, 4 deaths were due to
drowning, 1 to shooting, 2 to hanging, and 1 to cut throat.