Abstract
A retrospective survey was carried out of all cases where death had resulted from the complications of excessive alcohol consumption in order to determine what constituted a lethal level of alcohol intake. The cases fell into two groups, one where there was an element of asphyxia which had complicated the effects of alcohol and led to death and those where death was entirely due to uncomplicated alcohol poisoning. It is suggested that death can occur from uncomplicated alcohol poisoning where there is a post-mortem blood alcohol level above 250 milligrams per 100 millilitres, but that where there are asphyxial complications then these may lead to death with blood alcohol levels below that figure at autopsy
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