ENGLAND MORE SOBER.
FEWER DRUNKARDS AMONG WOMEN. . Striking decreases in drunkenness and m tho number of, lieensos are tic features of the Licensing Statistics for England and Wales issued on April 19. The changes last year wore:, ' ' Reduction of. on-licenses from 95.517 to 94,137 —13S0 fewer.. Increase of clubs from -7133 to 7353—220 more. ' ' . Increaso in cost of compensating each -licenso from'£o23 to £994 (£sßs6 in the city of London). . Sinco 1905, , r JH,5i0,!02 has been piid in compensating 4056 lieensos. • Neiv on-licenses granted 47, the smallest on record. «' Licensed persons prosecuted 642, tlio smallest on record. 187,803 convictions for drunkenness, and tho like, a dccrcuso of 9261, or 4.70 per cent, following on largo decreases in recent years.' Convictions nmong women-contribute tho i highest proportion of tho decrease'. , Tho inebriate (or. repeatedly convicted) population is shrinking year by year. /
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 522, 1 June 1909, Page 9
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140ENGLAND MORE SOBER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 522, 1 June 1909, Page 9
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