§ Mr. HAYDAYasked the Home Secretary what proportion the convictions for drunkenness bore to the population of Carlisle for each of the years 1914 to 1919; and what was the average proportion for all the county boroughs of England and Wales for the same years?
§ Sir J. BAIRDThe figures desired are to be found in the Annual Volumes of Licensing Statistics, and particularly in column 5 of Comparative Table B in each volume. They are as follows (the figures for the year 1919 being taken from the proof of the volume for that year, which is in the press, and not yet published):
PROPORTION OF CONVICTIONS FOR DRUNKENNESS PER 10,000 OF ESTIMATED POPULATION IN CARLISLE AND ALL COUNTY BOROUGHS, RESPECTIVELY, IN EACH OF THE YEARS 1914–1919. Year. Carlisle. All County Boroughs, including London County. 1914 52.07 73.26 1915 52.45 54.92 1916 180.45 33.33 1917 60.59 19.18 1918 15.15 12.35 1919 12.96 23.75 For the years 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1918 the proportion of population is based on the estimated population for the middle of the year 1914. For 1919 the proportion is based on the estimated population for the middle of 1918. The estimated population of Carlisle for the middle of 1914 was 52,813; for the middle of 1918 it was 60,188.