He said that the number of people requiring treatment for alcohol poisoning in his hospital, the Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis in Delft, had doubled over a five-year period and that in children between the ages of 10 and 15 it had actually increased six-fold.
Han fortalte der, at antallet af mennesker, som måtte behandles på hans hospital, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis i Delft, efter en alkoholforgiftning, er fordoblet på fem år, og at der blandt børn mellem 10 og 15 år endda er tale om en seksdobling.