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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