DELIRIUM TREMENS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 22, 18 May 1914, Page 2

DELIRIUM TREMENS.

A request from Dr>, Rogers, of the GBore ; Hospital, that provision should be made at the institution for tho accommodation bf delirium ens cases was considered by the Southland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board last week, when members agreed that the best method of dealing with the cases was not easy to determine. It was remarked as strange that in a no-license district cases"of the kind should frequently occur. One member expressed the view that when men became unsound mentally owing to excessive drinking, ind had no relatives to look after them, the person wfio supplied the liquor should be made responsible. Flic secretary (Mr T. Pryde) said hat a short time ago a delirium tremens case had been admitted to Gore Hospital from Mataura, and the man ■ lied four days afterwards. Mr W. Ikiird thought that suitable men, such as ex-police constables, should 'ie available when cases of the kind occurred. Ultimately, it was decided that Drs Barclay and Rogers should ■)c asked to suggest the most suitable manner of dealing with cases of delirium tremens.