ALCOHOL POISONING
AMERICA'S BIG PROBLEM. INCREASE IN DEATHS. T.ART YEAR'S TOLL. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. NEW YORK, Jau. 14. Following a survey, it is announced tha.tr in twenty-five American cities poisoned! liquor and alcoholism took 1517 lives in 1925, representing an increase of 400 over the 1924 figures. New York heads the list with 478 deaths. Chicago is next with 243. Then come Pittsburg with 140 -and Detroit 137. Washington alone showed no increase, having 24 deaths, the same as in 1924. Dallas and Milwaukee reported no fatalities. Seattle reported five less fatalities than in 1924. Many southern cities report no poison deaths, due to tlio fact that much home-made corn whisky was consumed. but alcoholism fatalities remain fairly constant. The centres with a. large foreign population are heaviest hit by poisoned liquor, unscrupulous vendors having an unlimited scope, due to the ignorance of purchasers.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 16 January 1926, Page 5
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144ALCOHOL POISONING Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 16 January 1926, Page 5
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