: CAUSE OF SUICIDE. . ■ •-* ■ I h -p r - W ' P- Sullivan, M.D.,, medical! officer in H.M. Prison Service,' says;: "We have concluded that chronic intoxication is responsible for about threefifths of the homicidal crimes in England—and that in rather less,than half the cases of sexual crime cither chronic alcoholism or simple drunkenness is the casual condition." • Dr. Arthur Shadwell, in his hook, •''Drink, in 1914-1922," quotes the following figures: — 1914. 1913. Cases of attempted suicide (England and Wales) . . 2385 666 This reduction corresponds, with the very severe restrictions imposed on the liquor traffic in Great Britain during 1918, while the war was on.—Advt. 5.
No night coughing. Take Pulmonas on retiring, they soothe and heal throat and chest. Chemists, Is 6d and 2s 6d.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19124, 16 September 1925, Page 12
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