The result of the control of the liquor traffic in Great Britain is
shown by the following figures of convictions for drunkenness in the
years named, the upper line of figures referring to males, the lower
line to females:
Greater London--Population, (1911,)
7,486,964
1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917.
48,535 49,077 35,866 19,478 10,931
16,953 18,577 15,970 9,975 5,736
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65,488 67,654 51,836 29,453 16,667
Boroughs, (36,) England and Wales--
Population, (1911,) 8,406,372
41,380 38,577 27,041 17,233 9,870
11,399 11,258 9,959 6,097 3,679
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52,779 49,835 37,000 23,330 13,549
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89,915 87,654 62,907 36,711 20,801
28,352 29,835 25,929 16,072 9,415
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118,267 117,489 88,836 52,783 30,216
In England and Wales the deaths due to or connected with alcoholism
(excluding cirrhosis of the liver) fell from 1,112 (males) and 719
(females) in 1913 to 358 (males) and 222 (females) in 1917; deaths due
to cirrhosis of the liver, from 2,215 (males) and 1,665 (females) to
1,475 (males) and 808 (females); cases of attempted suicide, from 1,458
(males) and 968 (females) to 483 (males) and 452 (females); deaths from
suffocation of infants under one year declined from 1,226 to 704.
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