ALCOHOLIC DEATH-RATE

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 21, 1880

ALCOHOLIC DEATH-RATE.

Dr. Norman Kerr, a distinguished English physician, referring to the death-rate from alcohol, says:—

“Dr. Richardson gave it as his opinion some time ago, that ‘were England converted to temperance, the vitality of the nation would be increased one-third in value; or in other words, nearly 227,000 lives would be saved to us every year.’ This is a startling statement; but, after careful investigation, Dr. Kerr thinks it is much nearer the truth than many were supposed to believe. His own calculations give 200,000 as the number of deaths resulting from drinking, of which 128,000 may be traced to drunkenness, and the rest to more or less moderate uses of alcohol.”