Show english establishing record for sobriety london englishmen have established a record for fop sobriety in the last year with the exception of 1018 1918 when millions of men were at war there were fewer cases of drunkenness than at any other time in the nations history they numbered only compared with la in 1913 not only drunkenness but drinking itself has declined to a marked degree in the last two decades chiefly because of the steadily rising cost of liquor and the huge tax in the last year which saw the count rys purchasing power sink to its lowest level liquor sales fell off heavily during the war drunkenness declined to the low level of cases in 1018 but this standard was not mantal ned after pence peace was restored some of the cities hit hardest by the depression shown the greatest increase in sobriety liverpool for example which had cases of drunkenness in 1013 1913 recorded only 2101 last year |