The temperance problem and social reform / by Joseph Rowntree and Arthur Sherwell.

  • Joseph Rowntree
Date:
1900
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Credit: The temperance problem and social reform / by Joseph Rowntree and Arthur Sherwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in the United Kingdom in 1840, as compared with 1899, was as follows :— 1840. 1899. (Gallons.) (Gallons.) SHITE OO mais. ce OOD apace) OD Wanewwierl oo) bie OR G0 cal petal PHOT inh: Sais Li QB DOs prose ¢ 8270 If the figures are reduced to a basis of Proof Spirit 1 (50 per cent. alcohol), the result is as follows :— Gallons of Proof Spirit.? 1840 per capita consumption . .. . 389 1890 Siig - eter 448 Or, to adopt a familiar method of comparison, the expenditure per head of the population upon alco- holic drinks was in 1840, £2 18s. 10d., and in 1899, £3 19s. 114d. That this increase in consumption is not due to the selection of exceptional years will be seen from the subjoined table, and by reference to the more detailed figures given in the Appendix, ! The Spirits (Strength Ascertainment) Act, 1818 (58 Geo. ITI. c. 28), defines “ Proof Spirit” to be that which, at a temperature of 51°, weighs 32 parts of an equal measure of distilled water. A gallon of proof spirit contains, approximately, 50 per cent. of alcohol.—Board of Trade Return, No. 408 (1897). 2 The calculation is made on the ordinary basis that Wine contains 30 per cent., and Beer 10 per cent. of Proof Spirit.
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