NBWTA Report 1903-042
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78 by ‘the Justices for the retail sale of liquor in England and Wales in 1902 Was :— mile, Of 76 public-houses in one district covering ae e On-Licenses Off-Licences 17 had 3 entrances TL 4 Tit 122,998 Total of On and Off-Licences 2 Average: One licensed house to every 243 of the inhabitants. In Scotland, 11,626 licensed premises, viz.: One licensed ; 60 of the inhabitants. dees licensed premises, viz.: One licensed house Bans sae a ft to every 246 of the in inhabitants. i o f children in each f district, i se, when we take the proportion is we indiicedtiee that the number of houses #70 vada of the inhabitants ; figures. these in far higher than appears Manchester, In premises, In Sara for Or— example, there were 3,000 license x to every 168 of the inhabitants. 4 22) 17OU rou, ld Sheffie In Ls 5; a TO5 ,, While Bristol has 1 My raky Goi ,, 1 And Dudley has ‘, 5 T52hts ,, And Northamptonti nOaee aa Ireland, the enormous BEEBOR GG aE of PEP , a example for o f , lonmel, C In figures. erwhelming 1 ee is _ licensed house, and in Waterford, one out aoe ta these statistics we must find that the ie eee se a See of excess in sly enormou ublic-houses licensed is g rade as re ossibly considered by the warmest advocate of the i people. the of ence conveni reall necessary for ‘‘the ae . oO y have occasion constantly to pass down that great ae nD pee s ee ee Een I and the Mile End Road, 1 ; Roya evidence before the my ht eee that of only e frontag the along Hbuees SNe Be sitio on deh th. The total number a 79 of licences there, exclusive of refres ae ison Je ee railway stations, is 45, the total number of entrances pints an is That 195. ments otic ens: is 133, and of compart ; entrances and 4# compartments per house, and this in one ; istricts in London. a voeieared size of public-houses is a serious fact cane ic poor n. this upon ons discussi all n i a in i ht prominently forward pee the Pinte isan endeavouring for years to foe as oehe ; § een 1 have and brewers i publicans but os rare have pointed out, upon increasing nee oe i esl acco The huge gin palaces are “capable, both by attractiveness and “modation, of much more extended mischief. gy | a quarter of a square » ” oO BPO, ” oP The average in this case, therefore, was 34 entrances per house, and, out of these 76 houses, each house had 4% separat e compartments per house. By ‘“‘entrance” is meant a separate lobby or doorway opening direct upon the street. CHANGE IN THE MODERN Pusiic-Hovse. The change in public-houses was noted by the Lords’ Commit tee on Intemperance in 1879. In discussing it in their report the Com- mittee say: ‘It is to be remarked that in large towns, while the public- ‘‘houses have decreased in number, they have increased in size and in ‘the amount of accommodation which they afford. The evidence ‘from Liverpool is conclusive on this point. It appears, moreover, “that a great number of public-houses have been converted into ‘vaults’ “or ‘gin-palaces,’ which are mostly spirit-drinking places, where people ‘stand to drink, the drink being served over the counter. These vaults “are a modern creation, and their mischievous character is recognized ‘by all the witnesses from the large towns, where they exist in the ‘oreatest number.” Lord Randolph Churchill, in a speech in the House of Common s in 1890, made a forcible statement, the truth of which is proved to-day, that “the system of reckless profusion in the sale of alcoholi c liquor, “‘and the fatal facility of recourse to the public-houses, makes it “extremely difficult for a multitude of persons, in view of the hardship ‘of their lives, to avoid or resist intemperance.” Is THE Pustic-HousE LICENSED FOR i CONVENIENCE ? Now, if magistrates have the power to license houses with regard to the requirements of the inhabitants, how does it come about that they have exercised their power in order to grant licences in places where no inhabitants already exist, which are now called “ Provisio nal Licences,” In the mining districts of South Wales, licences have been granted before a shaft has been sunk, while yet there were no buildings on the place at all, and no neighbourhood to require alicence . It was granted in anticipation of the building of houses, a proceeding which seems to me to be directly contrary to the whole existing spirit of legislation for regulating the liquor traffic. |