[Belgian law on the Régime de l'alcool of 1919: from the individual measures to social well-being].
There was a tightening up of the fight against alcoholism in various European countries and the United States during the first world war. The individual and private initiatives were relegated to second place in Belgium during the period 1914-1918, and the state took the reins in the fight against alcoholism on behalf of the general interests of the health interests and general well-being of the population. The promulgation of "La loi sur le Régime de l'alcool" and "La loi concernant les débits des Boissons Fermentés" on August 29 1919 was the final step in this change in opinion. There were three factors which coincided during the armed conflict and which played a definitive part in the preparation of these laws: 1) the legislation against alcohol which the Belgian authorities promulgated during the war in order to keep order and discipline in the army; 2) the problems of national reconstruction and 3) the influence that Emile Vandervelde, the leader of the Belgian Workers Party had on his entry into the government of the "Union Sacreé".
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Departamento de Historia de la Ciencia, Centro de Estudios Históricos, CSIC.
D000437:Alcoholism; D001530:Belgium; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D011634:Public Health; D013222:State Medicine; D014857:Warfare
La ley belga sobre el Régimen de Alcohol de 1919. De las medidas individuales al bienestar social.