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. Numbers entering Public-house “C Thursday, July 26, 1900. Saturday, July 28, 1900. A.M. Men. Women. Chil- dren. Total. Men. Women. Chil- dren. Total. 6-7 • • • • ■ • 7- 8 (opened 7.45) 8- 9 • • • • * * • • • • • • 4 23 • • • . . . 4 23 9-10 • • • ... • • • . . . 18 2 1 21 10-11 ... ... ... . . . 28 5 2 35 11-12 25 9 3 37 32 5 4 41 P.M. 12-1 31 4 5 40 28 11 6 45 1-2 20 3 3 26 26 8 2 36 2-3 16 3 3 22 23 4 3 30 3-4 23 1 • • • 24 27 9 4 40 4-5 23 1 2 26 29 7 3 39 5-6 35 1 1 37 33 5 3 41 6-7 16 3 1 20 45 9 6 60 7-8 31 7 4 42 34 11 6 51 8-9 57 2 6 65 59 15 8 82 9-10 53 10 5 68 52 10 7 69 10-11 35 7 3 45 47 13 6 66 Total 365 51 36 452 508 114 61 683 Percentage 81 11 8 100 74 17 9 100 Sunday, July 20, 1900. Men. 42 1 18 1 34 56 76 30 256 79 Women. 8 5 1 8 7 6 35 11 Chil- dren. 13 6 o 3 5 5 o EH 63 | 29; 37' 67; 88- 40 33 3241 10 10C It will be noticed that in this house more than three-fourths of the persons who entered were men ; and probably even this does not adequately represent the proportion of the drinking which is done by the men, for, unlike the other houses watched, there is a considerable jug trade done here; of the 200 women who entered on the three days, no less than 94 carried away beer in jugs. Altogether, of the persons who entered the house for the purpose of drinking, 91 per cent were men and only 9 per cent were women. Moreover, only 5 of the women who entered the house 1 12.30 to 1.30 and 1.30 to 2.30.