A MONTHLY BULLETIN
ROOM 167, ST. STEPHEN'S HOUSE, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, S.W.1
SUPPLEMENT AUGUST, 1942 Price 6d.
A MAGAZINE representing a movement both inside and outside the brewing industry to improve public houses and to maintain an adequate licensing law.
ADOLESCENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSES
THE following reports from some large industrial towns are the result of an inquiry, arranged by A Monthly Bulletin, into drinking habits during the war, with particular reference to the young. The towns chosen for investigation have populations considerably enlarged by war workers.
The order in which the reports are placed should be explained here. The report headed "Lancashire" is rather wider and more reflective in treatment than the others and it was therefore convenient to place it first as an introduction. But it seemed undesirable to separate any Lancashire town from its county, so Liverpool was placed second. All the other towns follow in alphabetical order.
The investigators were requested, while searching for the answers to certain questions which we put to them, to verify every statement. We wanted facts. We had no thesis to prove. We desired to form our own opinions and we were convinced that no opinion would be of the least value unless it could be based on facts.
Our questions may be summarised: Is there more drinking (as distinguished from drunkenness) than before the war? Is it true that more boys and girls visit public houses and that girls are conspicuous there? Is excessive drinking by these adolescents noticeable? Do the present habits of adolescents increase sexual immorality? What is the effect of the war upon