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Show Is France the "Drunkest" Nation WHICH is the drunkest na tion? At the fourth Alcohol Alco-hol Congress Dr G Bertil Ion tried to answer the question by showing that France consumes proportionately an enormous quan tity more intoxicating liquor than any other European country The figures regulated on a basia of the number of litres of pure alcohol alco-hol consumed per Inhabitant a year, work out approximately as follows Prance 5 gallons Italy 3 gallons Belgium 3 gallons Switzerland 3 gallons Denmark 2 gallons Spain 2 gallons Germany gallons Great Britain 2 gallons Sweden 1 gallons Russia 1 gallons This table affords a great bu prise In that Italy and Spain are usually looked on as the least tn dulglng countries Dr Bertillon s figures do not however how-ever fairly answer the questioto "Which is the drunkest country? Great Britain despite the strlk Ingly low average probably pro Tides as much if not more insobriety inso-briety than any other state The beer drinking countries are Germany and England and the wine-drink ers are France Spam and Italy and ii the latter actually consume more alcohol per head they don t show it so freely On the other hand the saddest state of affairs prevails in Belgium where absinthe has become practi cally the national beverage It has often been asserted that the physique phys-ique and morals of Belgians make them the least attractive people la Europe. |