British cinemas by region and new builds 1930  

	sound	silent	new build
Northern Scotland	145	195	8
Southern Scotland	172	183	17
Newcastle	242	157	14
Leeds	345	173	13
Manchester	298	174	8
Liverpool	226	124	18
Nottingham	179	105	8
Birmingham	206	124	20
Wales	206	128	6
West of England	163	149	21
London and suburbs	385	98	26
Outer London counties	465	247	34
Ireland	119	158	2
total	3,151	2,015	195

Source: US Department of Commerce: European Motion Picture Industry report for 1930, quoted in Margaret Dickinson and Sarah Street: Cinema and State (1985)

Cinema statistics index