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Habitual Drunkards at Home.

Some interesting and curious statistics
have lust been published by Mr.. n. Braith-
waite, of the home for inebriates at Twlcken-
ham. According to these tables, which form
the record Of fifty cases Of inebriety treated
since the autumn Of 1885 to the end Of 1887,
the average age Of the habitual drunkard,
who either places himself or is placed by
friends in the home, is about thirty mine
years, while the average time during which
the disease has grown before the home Is
entered is 9.S4 years. Twenty-seven Of the
patients entered after signing the habitual
drunkards act; twenty three were private.
In thirty cases the patient was married, IN
eighteen single, and in only two o. WlaoWers, overs.
blessedness which follows the decease OF one
of married couple. That forty-seven OF the
fifty habitual drunkards were also smokers Is
worthy Of note, and that thirty-six OF these
were Of q nervous temperament, accounts
perhaps for their preference for the narcotic
as well as the into1icant, The largest
number forty-two) were Of social habits,
and in fifteen cases company had
brought about the habit of intemperance.
which says q great deal for the truth OF
the old text, which points out that "evil
communications corrupt good manners"
Seven from among the fifty had had uni.
versity education, twenty-four good" and
fourteen "fairly good" one; and, with re-
gard to occupation, the merchants ,nlne)
head the column, whereas only two wine
merchants are among the number BY far
the largest number are men employed IN
professional work; next come tradespeople or
various kinds, and no artisans or mechanics
are mentioned. Delirium tremens has set in
once with twelve patients, twice with six,
three times with one and four times with
another. In forty-tivs cases the intemper-
ance was permanent, in five it occurred at
:.~No - fN aT1H
in only one case was trouble the cause Of
the diSease-business or domestic worry caus-
ing, after company, most drunkenness. In
the eleven cases where other diseases accom-
panied iutemperance, the former were Of the
kind which most frequently are results Of the
latter. Twenty-three patients had no prefer
ence for any special liquor; eleven preferred
whisky, six spirits and four brandy. Wine
and beer and brandy and whisky had been
and whisky had caused three to fall. After
having left the home, fifteen Of the patients
were reported to be doing well, eleven were
total abstainers, nine had relapsed, seven
were still under treatment, one had died and
of the remaining seven nothing further was
known.-PdN Mall BUDGET.
The Liquor Waste In New York.
1t appears from the recent annual report Of
EAClSP VI CiUJ ouoo
New York now has SOlS places licensed to
sell intoxicating liquors to be drunk on the
premises; that during the year there have
been 1886 licenses issued; that the present
total number Of licensed drinking saloons,
exclusive of restaurants, ETC., is 1897, a de-
crease of o66 as compared with the number
April l, 1887, at the time of the new classf-
cation of licenses. The receipts from licenses
during the year 1887 were Sl,1s6, ,730, an in
crease over the previous year Of s5o5, 800. 1t
a'so appears that the number Of United
States special tax receipts issued in this city
during the last year aggregated 10,53S, being
1872 more than the number Of licenses issued
by the Excise Commissioners of the city. This
would indicate that New York has doubtless
at the present time fully ten Thousand licensed
and unlicensed drinking places. If the total
receipts Of each would amount for the year
to all average of s., O00-and that is doubtless
much too low an estimate-even then the
general aggregate of the liquor-waste of the
past year in this city alone would reach the
enormous sum Of $50, COG, 000.-National Ad-
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