Anti Drink : Food for Thought

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

A Year's Record of Drink-caused Occurances in Lincoln City for 1910.

Accidents... 2
Assault (common)...38
Assault on Wives... 6
Assault and obstructing Police... 33
Deaths (accidental)... 1
Deaths from alcoholism... 2
Drunk (ordinary)... 320
Drunk (with vehicles)... 9
Damage to Property... 15
Indecency and Immorality... 5
Neglect of Children... 8
Obscene Language... 84
Poor Law Offences... 2
Robbery... 26
Suicides... 2
Suicides (attempted)... 3
Seperation Orders... 2
Threats... 6
Wounding... 1
Not otherwise classified... 9
Total...574

N.B.- In 60 of the above cases the person concerned was a woman.

Often statistics were left to speak for themselves. Here the statistics for a single year (1910) of drink related occurrences in Lincoln are meant to shock the viewer.


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