GRAPH ILLUSTRATING ABOVE TABLE VI

 

Table VII
BEDFORD CASES

OCCUPATION OF MOTHER

Actress 1
Canvasser 2
Charge of Hotel Linen Room 1
Cook (6 colored) 10
Day’s work 46
Domestic—General housework (6 colored) 9
Dressmaker 4
Factory Operatives 11
Housekeeper 4
Janitress 13
Laundress 17
Midwife 6
Milliner 1
Market Woman 1
Nurse 9
Peddler 2
Small Shopkeepers 7
Tailoress 1
Total  145

Total number of cases, 647
Percentage of occupied mothers, 22.4

 

Table VIII
BEDFORD CASES

EDUCATION

Cannot read or write any language—15 American born  50  7.72%
Reads and writes a foreign language—5 read a little Eng.  32  4.83%
Read and write a little, no further education  192  29.67%
Did not finish primary grades  70  10.82%
Reached but did not finish grammar grades  257  39.72%
Graduated from grammar grades  25  3.86%
Entered, but did not finish high school  13  2.00%
Graduated from high school  4  .77%
One year in normal school  3  .46%
Eight months at college  1  .15%
Total Number of Cases  647  100.00%

 

GRAPH ILLUSTRATING TABLE VIII

 

Table IX
BEDFORD CASES

Earnings

I Wages before entering prostitution
  $.50 .75 1.00 1.25 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 5.50 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10
Wages of
trades
excluding
Domestic
Service		 { High
110 cases		 . . . . . . . . 2 11 5 14 7 13 12 15 5 6
Low
110 cases		 . . 1 . . 3 3 13 9 24 4 23 1 11 3 6 1 4
                              7.50      
Wages of
Domestic
Service		 { High
52 cases		 . . . . . . 4 4 5 5 13 9 5 6 1 . . .
Low
52 cases		 . . . 1 1 6 8 13 9 10 3 1 . . . . . .
I Wages before entering prostitution. (Continued)
  $11 12 13 14 15 18 20 22 25 30 Highest
Wage		 Lowest
Wage		 Average Mode
Wages of
trades
excluding
Domestic
Service		 { High
110 cases		 2 6 . 1 5 1 1 1 2 1 $30.00 $3.50 $8.11 $8.00
Low
110 cases		 . . . . 3 . . . 1 . 25.00 1.00 5.21 4.00
                             
Wages of
Domestic
Service		 { High
52 cases		 . . . . . . . . . . 7.50 2.50 4.30 4.50
Low
52 cases		 . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 1.25 3.14 3.00
 

 

GRAPHS ILLUSTRATING TABLE IX

Wages in Trades excluding Domestic Service—110 Cases


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Wages in Domestic Service—52 Cases

 

Table X
BEDFORD CASES

OCCUPATIONS

Before entering prostitution  No. of
Cases		  Percentages
Book-binding  7  1.08
Clerk in small shop  8  1.23
Clerk in department store  40  6.18
Domestic (general housework)  243  37.56
Errand girl  3  .46
Factory operative  127  19.62
Janitress  1  .15
Laundry employee  14  2.16
Manicure  2  .30
Millinery  13  2.00
Office work (not stenographers)  13  2.00
Sewing (handwork)  25  3.86
Steel engraver  1  .15
Telephone operator  9  1.39
Theatrical work (chorus or vaudeville)  18  2.78
Nurse (not graduate)  3  .46
Waitress (in restaurants)  28  4.32
No work  92  14.27
Total    647

 

Table XI
BEDFORD CASES

RESIDENCE OF GIRL BEFORE ENTERING PROSTITUTION

 

 
Living
at home		 { Giving all they made 53
Giving part 16
Supported by parents or husband 32
No statistics as to money paid 23 124
 
Living
with relatives		 { Giving all 15
Giving part 9 24
 
Boarding $1.50  2.00  3.00  4.00  5.00  5.40  6.00  13.50  No
amount
given
  1  1  1  3  2  1  1  1  9    20
 
Domestics living where they worked26
 Total  194
 

 

Table XII
BEDFORD CASES

SOCIAL RELATIONS

Married 193 29.8
Single 454 70.1
 Total 647


STATEMENT OF 219 WOMEN WITH REGARD TO NUMBER OF CHILDREN

Married
women		   Pregnant on entering  1
Miscarriage previous to entering Bedford  18
Legitimate
children		 { One  66
Two  19
Three  7
Eight  1 93
 
Single
women		   Pregnant on entering  16
Miscarriage previous to entering Bedford  18
Illegitimate
children		 { One  63
Two  10 73
Total Number of Cases 219
No children, or no record of them 428
Total 647

 

Table XIII
BEDFORD CASES

RELIGION

Catholic 266 41.1%
Jewish 123 19.0%
Protestant 252 38.9%
No record 6 .9%
 Total Number of Cases   647

 

GRAPH ILLUSTRATING TABLE XIII

 

Table XIV
BEDFORD CASES

AGE

I II III
Years
of age		 Number entering
Bedford		 First sexual
offense		 Number entering
prostitution
7 .. ...... 1 .33⅓% .. .....
9 .. ...... 1 .33⅓% .. .....
10 .. ...... 1 .33⅓% .. .....
11 .. ...... 1 .33⅓% .. .....
12 .. ...... 4 1.33⅓% .. .....
13 .. ...... 12 4.   % 1 .37%
14 .. ...... 29 9.66⅔% 3 1.12%
15 12 1.86% 43 14.33⅓% 11 4.08%
16 41 6.34% 61 20.33⅓% 19 7.06%
17 65 10.05% 40 13.33⅓% 40 14.87%
18 47 7.26% 31 10.33⅓% 35 13.01%
19 65 10.05% 28 9.33⅓% 32 11.90%
20 50 7.71% 19 6.33⅓% 28 10.41%
21 61 9.43% 15 5.00   % 31 11.52%
22 73 11.28% 3 1.   % 22 8.18%
23 48 7.42% 6 2.   % 17 6.32%
24 53 8.19% 3 1.   % 9 3.35%
25 40 6.18% .. ........ 10 3.72%
26 22 3.40% .. ........ 3 1.12%
27 20 3.09% 1 .33⅓% 6 2.23%
28 22 3.40% 1 .33⅓% 2 .74%
29 24 3.71% .. ........ .. .....
30 2 .31% .. ........ .. .....
31 1 .15% .. ........ .. .....
32 1 .15% .. ........ .. .....
Total
No.
cases		 647 99.98% 300 100% 269 100%
Average
age		 20 yr. 11.06 mos. 17 yrs. 16 days 18 yrs. 9.18 mos.
 Highest 32 Highest 28 Highest 28
 Lowest 15 Lowest 7 Lowest 13
 Average 20.09 Average 17 Average 18.7
 Mode 22 Mode 16 Mode 17
 Mean 23.5 Mean 17.5 Mean 18.5
 No. of cases 647 No. of cases 300 No. of cases 269
 

 

GRAPH ILLUSTRATING TABLE XIV

(Made from Table of Percentages)]


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Table XV
BEDFORD CASES

DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN BORN

City born[312]  { White   341   404   82.48%
Colored 63
Country born  { White   63   85   17.47%
Colored 22
Unknown     2  0.05%
  Total  491


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Table XVI
BEDFORD CASES

REASONS FOR COMING TO NEW YORK, OF THOSE BORN OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY

Ran away to escape home conditions 11
To live with family 78
To obtain work or easier work 26
To practice prostitution 9
To see New York 10
With lover 1
Unknown 4
Total 139

 

Table XVII
BEDFORD CASES

PROSTITUTION: PRACTICED CONTINUOUSLY OR INTERRUPTEDLY

Continuously 166 59.50%
 
Not continuously { Married 19
Living with parents 4
Stealing 3
Working 32 58 20.79%
 
No statistics 55 19.71%
Total Number of Cases Considered 279

 

Table XVIII
BEDFORD CASES

TRADES COMBINED WITH PROSTITUTION

Trade  No. of Cases  Per cent.
Demonstrator 1
Clerk in department store 4
Domestic 22
Factory operative 17
Laundry employees 4
Manicure 1
Office work 2
Sewing 2
Theatrical work 6
Waitress 8
Stealing 6
Received money from husband 2
Prostitution only  204  73.11
Total  279

 

Table XIX
BEDFORD CASES

WEEKLY EARNINGS FROM PROSTITUTION

  Support
Partial		 Support $3 $5 $6 $10 $12 $14 $15 $18 $19 $20 $25 $30 $35 $38 $40 $45 $50
High 2 9 . 2 . 4 . 1 7 . 1 8 3 10 3 1 4 2 24
Low 1 . 1 4 1 7 4 . 8 2 . 5 13 6 3 . 3 . 14
 
  $55 $59 $60 $63 $70 $75 $90 $100 $110 $120 $125 $150 $200 $240 $250 $300 $400 Total Average
No. cases
High . 1 12 . 7 7 . 15 1 1 2 5 7 1 2 3 1 146 $71.09
Low 1 . 4 1 2 2 1 6 . . 1 4 . . . 1 . 95 46.02
 

 

Table XX
BEDFORD CASES

EARNED AT THE SAME TIME WITH PROSTITUTION

  Weekly
Wages		 For
Board		 $.50 $1.00 $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.50 $4.60 $5.00 $5.50 $6.00 $7.00 $8.00 $9.00
Wages of
occupations
excluding
Domestic
Service		 High
34 cases		 . . . . . 1 1 . 2 . . 6 2 6 3 4 2
                                 
Low
34 cases		 . . . 3 . 5 2 . 6 2 . 10 . 3 . . .
                                   
Domestic
Service		 High
23 cases		 . . 1 1 1 . 1 1 7 2 . 6 2 . . . .
                                 
Low
23 cases		 1   1 . 5 3 7 2 . 1 1 1 . . 1 . . . .
 
 
  Weekly
Wages		 $10.00 $11.00 $12.00 $13.00 $14.00 $15.00 $16.00 $17.00 $18.00 Maximum Minimum Average Mode
Wages of
occupations
excluding
Domestic
Service		 High
34 cases		 2 1 1 1 . . . . 2 $18.00 $3.00 $6.42 $5.00
to $6
                         
Low
34 cases		 . . 2 . . . . . . 12.00 2.00 4.68 5.00
                           
Domestic
Service		 High
23 cases		 . . . . . 1 . . . 15.00 1.00 4.60 4.00
                         
Low
23 cases		 . . . . . . . . . 6.00 .. 2.86 3.00
 

 

GRAPHS ILLUSTRATING TABLE XX

Wages in Trades excluding Domestic Service—34 cases