BRITAIN MORE SOBER
DRINK STATISTICS FURTHER OFFICIAL FIGURES (British Official Wifeless. — Copyright) RUGBY, Saturday. Further official statistics for 1926 in England and Wales, which are published to"-day, give the figures for the convictions for drunkenness. The number of convictions last year was 67,126, compared with 188,877 in 1913. Certain striking points are brought out in the report. The number of public-houses has dwindled by onethird since 1895, but the number of clubs has doubled. There is more drunkenness on Saturday than on any other day in the week and the least on Sunday and Tuesday and Wednesday. There is one public-house to every 489 persons, compared with one to every 370 persons in 1908. The amount of drunkenness from the use of methylated spirits has decreased by 12 per cent, in the past year. The number of deaths from drinking alcohol has dropped from 2,153 to 499 since 1913. The estimated decrease in the number of public-houses in the present year is 530.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 123, 15 August 1927, Page 13
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