Note 294 — CRIMINALITY. (continued 2)
Henry P. (Henry Pomeroy) Horton translation
Out of 18,049 recidivists in the houses of correction in the years 1849–1897, there were 4,930 (27.3%) habitual drunkards, of whom 4,473 (28.7%) were men, and 457 (18.2%) were women.294