The Alcohol Factor in Social Conditions Some Facts for Reformers
The Alcohol Factor in Social Conditions Some Facts for Reformers
George Blaiklock
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" W. E. Moss, Blackburn. 4. " Take, for example, a typical case mentioned in the Report of the Royal Commission. In Workhouse there were 258 men and 158 women total 416. Of this number there were 175 men and twenty women in the Workhouse as the direct result of intemperance. The Master also stated that of the 416 inmates 205 could not be allowed out for a day's leave without fear of their returning the worse for drink. Another case may be quoted from the same source showing the far-reaching eff...ects of intemperance in producing pauperism : Eldest boy, thirty-one, now in the Union infirmary, an imbecile. Daughter weak, bad eyes for years, and sent to the Ophthalmic Hospital ; partly recovered and now in service. Son living at home, carter, but drinks. Son, aged ten, at school. Father dead some years, was a notorious drinker, constantly before the magistrates and fined ; was an invalid the last seven years, and he, or his wife and family, on out-relief list for sixteen or seventeen years.
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