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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10740, 10 November 1928, Page 3

PROHIBITION DEATH ROLL DAILY MOUNTING. 238 TO ONE HOSPITAL IN ONE WEEK. inki which flavor ect Dir acta (From “The Times” correspondent, New York, October Bth, 1928.) Twenty deaths yesterday and today in New York City, and 50 cases of illness treated in the. Psychopathic Ward of Bellevue Hospital are attributed in the police reports to poisonous liquor. Dr Charles Norris, Chief Medical Examiner, has ascribed the increase in the number of deaths from tn» cause to an increase in the numh?i£|bf private stills in the slum distijhrs, and the* growth of the hr’ “j “smoke.” or raw alc| as been added a chemical to lessen itsjp bujjging ie throat. ' ' “ ” "" 7t in ‘cut,’ alcostiil con:erant. This not responsible som alcohol in the waterfront districts ivhere mol pf the ‘dead were picked jp. Suclmliquoris too expensive for those whir live in that part of New Tork. They drink instead alcohoj Jistilled from oornmaSh, potatoes, Fruity and l so, on, which Dr. Norris jaid; was . not poisonous in the ordinary sense of the term'. An ounce ot two of it had, however, an effect upon the heart equal to that of a quart of properly aged spirits, besause the toxic elements had not had time to oxidize and become inoperative. DriAk of this' sort was being sold for. five and ten cents (2Jd and sd). a. glass on the east side.' Two hundred, and thirty-eight patents were admitted ; last week to the alcoholic ward of Bellevue Hospital. Prevent poisonous substitutes replacing pure stimulants. Vote Continuance.*** : r is, dil liol, whic" tains a tr ; liquor, howgXve i for the depths east- side j§md ay wi nit ad

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