§ Major M. WOODasked the Home Secretary whether any, and what, provision has been made to enable the powers conferred by Section 24 of the Inebriates 2176W Act, 1898, to be carried out; whether a habitual drunkard may be detained in a certified inebriate reformatory for a certain time; and what certified inebriate reformatories for male patients exist in the United Kingdom?
§ Mr. MUNROI have been asked to reply to this question. There is at present in Scotland, to which the Section cited refers, one certified inebriate reformatory to which female patients may be committed under that Section. A habitual drunkard may, on conviction under the Section, be detained in a certified inebriate reformatory for a term not exceeding three years. In Scotland no certified inebriate reformatory for male patients at present exist.