ESTIMATED FROM AUGUST 1914 TO APRIL 1917 INCLUSIVE
by GEORGE B. WILSON, B.A.,
Compiler of the National Drink Bill
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│ Drink Bill │ Grain Lost │Sugar in Beer
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│ │ Tons │ lb.
United Kingdom │ £510,000,000│ 4,400,000│ 762,000,000
London │ £83,000,000│ 693,000│ 120,000,000
Edinburgh │ £3,200,000│ 31,000│ 5,300,000
Dublin │ £2,600,000│ 29,000│ 5,000,000
Glasgow │ £10,500,000│ 101,000│ 17,400,000
Manchester and Salford │ £11,000,000│ 92,000│ 15,900,000
Birmingham │ £9,900,000│ 82,000│ 14,200,000
Liverpool │ £8,800,000│ 73,000│ 12,600,000
Sheffield │ £5,400,000│ 45,000│ 7,800,000
Leeds │ £5,300,000│ 44,000│ 7,600,000
Bristol │ £4,200,000│ 35,000│ 6,000,000
West Ham │ £3,400,000│ 28,000│ 4,900,000
Bradford │ £3,300,000│ 28,000│ 4,800,000
Hull │ £3,300,000│ 27,000│ 4,700,000
Newcastle │ £3,100,000│ 26,000│ 4,500,000
Nottingham │ £3,100,000│ 26,000│ 4,500,000
Portsmouth │ £2,800,000│ 23,000│ 4,400,000
Stoke │ £2,800,000│ 23,000│ 4,000,000
Leicester │ £2,700,000│ 22,000│ 3,800,000
Cardiff │ £2,100,000│ 18,000│ 3,100,000
Bolton │ £2,100,000│ 18,000│ 3,000,000
Croydon │ £2,100,000│ 17,000│ 3,000,000
Sunderland │ £1,700,000│ 14,000│ 2,500,000
Oldham │ £1,700,000│ 14,000│ 2,500,000
Birkenhead │ £1,600,000│ 13,000│ 2,200,000
Blackburn │ £1,500,000│ 13,000│ 2,200,000
Brighton │ £1,500,000│ 13,000│ 2,200,000
Plymouth │ £1,500,000│ 12,000│ 2,100,000
Derby │ £1,400,000│ 12,000│ 2,100,000
Middlesbrough │ £1,400,000│ 12,000│ 2,100,000
Stockport │ £1,400,000│ 12,000│ 2,100,000
Norwich │ £1,400,000│ 12,000│ 2,100,000
Southampton │ £1,400,000│ 12,000│ 2,000,000
Swansea │ £1,400,000│ 12,000│ 2,000,000
Gateshead │ £1,400,000│ 11,000│ 2,000,000
Preston │ £1,400,000│ 11,000│ 1,900,000
Coventry │ £1,300,000│ 11,000│ 1,900,000
Huddersfield │ £1,300,000│ 10,000│ 1,800,000
Halifax │ £1,200,000│ 10,000│ 1,700,000
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