The girl-wife of a Cardiff seaman died in the street from exposure after drinking in publichouses with other girls.
Records of Pontypridd Coroner, December 27, 1916
A publican at Lincoln was fined £5 for allowing children to be drunk on his premises. Ruth Onyon, 14, and Rose Herrick, 16, were found in his house with a soldier. They had been in five houses and had ten drinks each and reached home helplessly drunk.
Facts in “Sheffield Daily Telegraph,” Sept. 1, 1916
A number of cartridge workers were summoned for taking drink into a munition works. One young woman was led to the surgery drunk at half-past four in the morning; another was discharged because she could not stand. Sixteen girls subscribed for four bottles of wine and whisky.
Records of Leeds Munitions Tribunal, April 28, 1916
Two girls of 16 and 17 were fined for being helplessly drunk in an explosive works, the magistrates pointing out that their conduct imperilled the lives of other workers.
Records of Coventry Munitions Tribunal July 24, 1916
The men and girls at a large armament works drank all night. Girls would lurch into the dormitory dead drunk at 2 a. m.; one lady was up till 4 a. m. letting in drunken girls. As a result of drunkenness there was an explosion at these works, two men being killed and six injured.
Facts in “Spectator,” Jan. 20, 1917