§ 63. Mr. BOOTHasked what is the latest period for which police statistics are avail- able; and whether the number of disorderly houses known to the police includes those known to the individual policeman on the beat or only those known to the officials at Scotland House?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe latest available-statistics are those included in the Annual Report for 1911 of the Commissioner of Police. These show the number of proceedings taken against keepers of supposed disorderly houses. Should the constable on the beat have reason to believe that a particular house is being kept in a disorderly manner, it would be his duty to report the fact, and the information would be recorded.
§ Mr. BOOTHIn view of the very small number of houses so reported, may we take it that the individual policemen on the beat do not recognise it as their duty to report them?
§ Mr. McKENNANo. I do not think that that would be a proper inference to draw.