MORE DRUNKENNESS IN BRITAIN
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON, April 1 Drunkenness in England and Wales increased by about 66 per cent between 1954 and 1963, a British sociologist said yesterday. It would rise a further 50 per cent by 1975.
Mr Gwylym Prys Williams, a lecturer at the London School of Economics, added that drug taking among young people was also rising. In a review of British drinking and drug-taking habits between 1954 and 1963 Mr Prys Williams said women were becoming less prone to drunkenness. 1
The same was true of young people but they had been increasingly switching to drugs over recent years. “In the broad social context, the situation among the young is deteriorating once more,” he said. Drunkenness in London had increased more rapidly than elsewhere in the country, Mr Prys Williams continued. The city was “moving to a position of absolute supremacy in the matter of pedestrian drunkenness." Between 1954 and 1963 the annual consumption of wines, spirits and beer rose by more than 66 million gallons, Mr Prys Williams said.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30715, 2 April 1965, Page 13
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