Temperance and Prohibition in New Zealand
(4) Convictions for Drunkenness
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(4) Convictions for Drunkenness
Year. | Drunk including Habitual Drukards. | Prohibition Orders. | Combined | Mean population. | Drunk, including Habitual Drunkards. | Prohibition Orders. | Combined. |
1900 | 7,344 | — | — | 802,246 | 9.15 | — | — |
1901 | 8,120 | — | — | 821,111 | 9.88 | — | — |
1902 | 8,350 | — | — | 840,936 | 9.92 | — | — |
1903 | 8,911 | — | — | 863,360 | 10.32 | — | — |
1904 | 9,703 | — | — | 888,165 | 10.92 | — | — |
1905 | 8,859 | — | — | 913,144 | 9.70 | — | — |
1906 | 9,601 | — | — | 943,325 | 10.17 | — | — |
1907 | 10,353 | — | — | 966,836 | 10.70 | — | — |
1908 | 10,809 | — | — | 992,794 | 10.88 | — | — |
1909 | 10,837 | — | — | 1,019,515 | 10.62 | — | — |
1910 | 11,780 | — | — | 1,040,534 | 11.32 | — | — |
1911 | 11,722 | 2,559 | 14,281 | 1,063,887 | 11.01 | 2.40 | 13.42 |
1912 | 11,851 | 2,752 | 14,603 | 1,088,861 | 10.88 | 2.52 | 13.41 |
1913 | 11,901 | 2,570 | 14,471 | 1,118,488 | 10.64 | 2.29 | 12.93 |
1914 | 13,480 | 2,418 | 15,898 | 1,140,172 | 11.82 | 2.12 | 13.94 |
1915 | 13,384 | 2,367 | 15,751 | 1,149,238 | 11.64 | 2.05 | 13.70 |
1916 | 10,998 | 2,068 | 13,066 | 1,149,225 | 9.56 | 1.79 | 11.36 |
1917 | 8,897 | 1,945 | 10,842 | 1,148,893 | 7.74 | 1.69 | 9.43 |
1918 | 7,296 | 1,727 | 9,023 | 1,152,798 | 6.32 | 1.49 | 7.82 |
1919 | 8,067 | 1,896 | 9,963 | 1,192,665 | 6.76 | 1.58 | 8.35 |
1920 | 8,893 | 1,673 | 10,566 | 1,242,396 | 7.16 | 1.34 | 8.50 |
1921 | 8,804 | 1,839 | 10,643 | 1,276,652 | 6.89 | 1.44 | 8.33 |
1922 | 6,313 | 1,477 | 7,790 | 1,305,126 | 4.83 | 1.13 | 5.96 |
1923 | 6,935 | 1,513 | 8,448 | 1,328,193 | 5.22 | 1.13 | 6.36 |
1924 | 7,123 | 1,568 | 8,691 | 1,352,618 | 5.26 | 1.15 | 6.42 |
1925 | 8,106 | 1,546 | 9,652 | 1,384,428 | 5.85 | 1.11 | 6.97 |
1926 | 7,486 | 1,633 | 9,119 | 1,413,700 | 5.29 | 1.15 | 6.45 |
1927 | 6,417 | 1,537 | 7,954 | 1,438,814 | 4.45 | 1.06 | 5.52 |
NOTES:—Figures for Drunkenness extracted from the Reports on the Justice Statistics of the Domimion of New Zealand. The Mean Population from the New Zealand Offiial Year-book.
The number per 1,000 of Mean Population for each year, is calculated from the other figures given. Calendar years. Six o'clock closing commenced 1917.