A graph plotting admissions to 16 Swiss treatment centres for alcoholism against the price of brandy, 1908-1928. Lithograph, ca. 1929.

Date:
[1929?]
Reference:
689469i
Part of:
Statistics on alcoholism in Switzerland.
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Description

The graph shows a dramatic fall in the number of admissions coinciding with an equally sharp peak in the price of brandy in 1918

Publication/Creation

[Switzerland] : [Ligue Nationale contre le danger de l'eau-de-vie?], [1929?]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; sheet approximately 99.7 x 70 cm

Lettering

Admissions alcooliques dans 16 établissements suisse pur le relevèment des buveurs. Prix moyen en gros du litre d'eau-de-vie à 50°. D'après le Secrétariat suisse des paysans.

Creator/production credits

Possibly produced by the Ligue Nationale contre le danger de l'eau-de-vie (Nationaler Verband gegen die Schnapsgefahr), which started to publish its bulletin in 1926 and took an active part in public debates over referenda in 1926, 1930 etc.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 689469i

Notes

One of at least four posters with a similar content and style (Statistics on alcoholism in Switzerland, ca. 1929)

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