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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19616, 21 October 1925, Page 9

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HOUSING AND HEALTH. In a special' alcohol number of,. ‘‘The Practitioner,” the leading- monthly medical journal in Ore at Britain, is an article on “The Social Aspects of the Liquor Prtvbleni” contributed by Sir Arthur' 1 ' Nett's, holme. K.C.8., M.D., F.R.C.P.. late principal medical officer to the Local Govern- ' inent Board; Crown nominee on' Medical Council; arid lecturer oh phblie health, John Hopkins’ U niverstiy, etc., who says of drink expenditure in Great Britain, which in 1924 was £316,000,000- '■ “The amount spent on drink, to take another illustration, would have 'paid th«> rental of every house, farm, shop, factory, and estate in Great Britain. Evidently, then, there need be no housing problem wore there -no drink problem.” - > Sir Arthur further says.- ■ ’“The Royal Commission on Venereal Diseases (1916) summed up ae follows: Abundant evidence was given as te the intimate relation between alcohol and venereal disease. Decrease in the use of alcohol will ho an important factor in diminishing the prevalence of venereal disease,”—Advti”

The Vicar of St. Andrew, Lambeth,' who is painting his own church, in default of funds for redecoration, seems to be move happilv inspired than a country .clergyman in the' same plight, who handed the. work over to his wife. This lady bpugbt cheap from the local builder of farm . wagons, a large supply of red, blue, green, and_ yellow paint; and set to work herself. It is said that the result was remarkable, and tjjie next incumbent spent much time weraping off the paint and substituting oak varnish. But for a considerable time be had to preach from a bright green, pulpit.