The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-14
Expenditure for Alcoholic
Liquors Shows Increase of
Twenty-Fiv Million Dol
lars in Past Year.
ALCOHOLISM RESULTS
IN AWFUL
Twenty Eight Hundred Men
and Two Thousand Women
Died During 1919 from
Acute Delerium Tremens.

London, MAJ 1.-THE drink oiil 81
the United Kingdom Tor the past yea
shows an Increase of twenty-five mill
lion dollars. The United Kingdom
Alliance. who's mission is 10 decrease
the consumption uf alcoholic liquors.
makes his report. and suggests that
the increase Is probably due To- un-
precedented prosperity, for the King
dom has never experienced a greater
wage bill. Thc encouraging features.
according to the Alliance, il "a de-
crease shown in the per capita con-
sumption. which attained its maxi
mum during similar trade reyiyals in
1874 and 1893.
A d-iscouriging feature Is the in
crease in the consumption of spirits.
l.267 900 gallons. Beer Is second
with l.0O2 900 gallons and wine third
with $4,000 gallons. The share OF
ach individual in tho United King
dom In the drink bin for 1913 vas
SIS, while the average for a family
of ave persons was $50. Since these
figures do not allow for hOys and
girls under - wears OF z ana the
total abstainefs. IL may be assumed
that among the drinkers the average
per capita expense for thinks Is much
higher than stated.
During 1911. 2SO2 men and GOA
women were certified to have died
In England and Wales alone as the
result Of alcoholism. This number
does not Include those whose deaths
have been accelerated by the use OF
alcohol Dr. " g.. sullivan l. quoted
IN the report a. making the estimate
mat 20 per cent of the suicides In
the United Kingdom are due to the
use Of alcoholic stimulants.
A startling feature OF the infant
mortality Figures furnished by the
alliance Is the fact that In 1912, 1,i70
habtes under the age OF one year
were suftocated While sleeping with
their parents or other elders, and tho
organization claims that most OF
these cases can be laid at the door
,of alcoholic indulgence. The oreani-
zation also points out the effect OF
lalcohol on the physique of the race,
on crime and on divorce.
without unaesthesia or modern in
Etruments, native x among the
Bcdouins OF the Algerian hinterland
have become 40 sklllful hat they
do not hesitate 20 undertake oper-
ations M delicate as trepanning. This
report Is brought by "A. HyltOn-
simpson, who, accompanied by his
wife, has just returned from "a scien-
tific expedition among these almost
unknown nomadic tribes OF the des-
iert The explorer and his wife lived
among the natives and established
ltbe closest relations with the ruling
shieks OF remote villages.
They found That surgery had
grown To- be- % really skilled profession.
liylton-Simpson was lucky enough TO
come In contact with a friendly Ara
bian physician who arranged a meet
ing for him With eight OF the tribal
surgeons. From this he collected a
mass Of interesting information ana
"A valuable Collection OF native surgi-
cal instruments. Their saws, lancets
and probes are OF the crudest design
but prove highly effective In the
hands OF the native operators. The
only training these native surgeons
have Is iusf ructiOn from their faith
ers. Very Few OF them are able TO
read or write.
T-repanning operations are proba-
biy more CummO In this country
than anywhere else In the world be
cause of the frequency with which
the natives rosor To stone throwing
! "A a fight The use of an anaesthetic
Is unknown and pain h regarded
with sufficient contempt hat the
people seem Itnpervions to H. HyltOn-
Simpson SAW n OF these cases In
which a huF was operated on for
fifteen days Tor the removal OF a
small piece az skull. The operation
was successful and the patient recov-
cred. Besides surgery the natives
claim TO ave discovered two hundred
cures Tor various diseases.