Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree.

  • Seebohm Rowntree
Date:
1902
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Credit: Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUPP. on each day, and thus gives some rough idea of the extent to which treating is practised :— Number of Adults entering Singly. In Couples. In Parties of Three or more. Total. Thursday . 224 122 63 409 Saturday . 328 196 167 691 Sunday 118 102 93 313 Total 670 420 323 1413 We thus see that more than half of those who entered the house were in parties of two, three, or more. The large proportion of persons who stayed in the house for more than a quarter of an hour shows to how large an extent the house is used for “ social ” drinking. Number who stayed in House for more than Fifteen Minutes1 Men. Women. Total. Thursday 82 60 142 Saturday 149 74 223 Sunday 77 22 99 Thus it is seen that more than half of the adults who entered the house stayed longer than a quarter of an hour. The whole of the drink sold for “ off” consumption was fetched by the children; no adults went in with jugs during the three days. 1 These figures do not relate to those who entered after 8 p.m., as the failing light prevented the investigators from identifying the individuals.