Note 576 — Chapter IX · ABOLITION AND ORDER
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In Glasgow the number of licensed premises has steadily declined from 1,819 in 1892 to 1,565 in 1911. City of Glasgow Police, Criminal Returns, 1911, p. 56. In Birmingham, the reduction has been relative, not absolute; there were 2,163 licensed establishments in 1881, ratio to population 1:188; 2,368 in 1911, ratio to population 1:354. (Report of Police Establishment 1911, p. 18.)