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Show Ilrlnlc unit insanity. The report of lunacy to the London (England) county council shows that drink caused 2t per cont of tho casos of lunacy during 1807, 16 per cent in 1890 and 13 per cent In 1895. It will be seen that, bad as tho percentage Is, It Is growing rapidly. The Uanstead asylum reports show the samo percentage per-centage as London during 1897; 2 por cent of tho lunatics sent to Hanwell nsylum were driven mad by drink, as compared with 20 por cont In 1898. To form an Idea of tho harm alcohol does In creating Insanity wo must bear In mind that it transmits moro lunacy to posterity than to the drinkers of today. to-day. Twenty-two per cent of tho case are traceablo to drink, and probably more than that to hcrodltary alcoholism. |