HABITUAL DRUNKARDS.
The Farmfield colony established by the London County' Council for the treatment and cure of habitual drunkards is, it is said, to be abandoned. After 10 years' experience the Council finds that the results do not justify the expenditure. Out of 600 cases investigated only 19 per cent, •have benefited by the treatment, and the efforts, at "cure" are tq.be given up (says the Westminster Gazette). The possibility of,, reclaiming permanently habitual drunkards, women especially, has always been a much debated question. We know that the Salvation Army sometimes works wonders in this , direction; and Lady Berry Somerset's efforts have also often been attended with remarkable success. But the "colony" system as carried on by (the London County Council has not accomplished what it was expected to do, and as the scheme costs the ratepayers £IO,OOO a year it has been considered wisest to bring it to an end.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 16 October 1913, Page 4
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151HABITUAL DRUNKARDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 16 October 1913, Page 4
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