Not something you read everyday perhaps? The BBC reports that one in three adminssion of under 16s to the Island’s A&E department are alcohol related. That seems quite a lot of boozed up youngsters. How things have changed since my day, when we used to fly kites in the fields and only went to A&E for scrapes on our knees. Read on further and discovert that:
… in 2004/5 22 children were admitted for alcohol-related conditions, with a further 50 having conditions attributable to alcohol, such as injuries.
Then reverse engineer the number to discover that approximately 210 children were admitted to A&E during the year, for alcohol related injuries. Just so you know this all fits into the bigger picture, here’s some demographics: