. . . and statistics
`Alcohol addiction in the Island [Isle of Wight] may be. . . more serious- . . . than figures widely quoted by the IW Council on alcoholism . . . it . . [is] claimed.
Or Jeanette Morrison, council chair- man, . . . [said] there were between 722 and 1,000 addicts, 560 to 1,087 problem drinkers and 600 to 1,200 heavy drink- ers in the Island.
'Richard Knowles, . . . [a council] volunteer, questioned . . . [the figures'] accuracy as . . . [they] were related to the Island from statistics obtained from a survey of four general practitioner groups in Manchester about 15 years ago.'
(Isle of Wight County Press, 20 May)
(£20 goes to Robin Watson, of Rook- ley, IOW) Send example to . . and statistics'; £20 for the best published; £10 for every other one published — the first opened if two or more cover the same example.
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