| Insane—Transferred to asylums | 20 | |||||
| Insane tendencies | 3 | |||||
| Feeble-minded (distinctly so) | 107 | |||||
| Border-line—neurotic | 26 | |||||
| Weak-willed—“No moral sense” | 26 | |||||
| “Wild”—truants—run-a-ways | 11 | 193 | 29.8% |
Table XXIII
BEDFORD CASES
CAUSES. REASONS GIVEN BY THE GIRL
| A. | In connection with her family | ||||
| 1. Immorality of the parents | 15 | ||||
| 2. Incompatibility | 39 | ||||
| 3. Neglect and abuse | 26 | ||||
| 4. No mother or father or neither | 166 | ||||
| 5. Over indulgence | 10 | ||||
| 6. Over strictness | 35 | ||||
| 7. Poverty | 9 | ||||
| 8. Turned out | 6 | 306 | |||
| B. | In connection with married life | ||||
| 1. Death of husband | 5 | ||||
| 2. Desertion by husband | 8 | ||||
| 3. Immorality (includes cruelty or criminality) | 14 | ||||
| 4. Incompatibility | 26 | ||||
| 5. Husband put girl on street | 2 | 55 | |||
| C. | Personal reasons | ||||
| 1. Bad company | 75 | ||||
| 2. No sex instruction | 10 | ||||
| 3. Idle or lonely | 5 | ||||
| 4. Sick, needed the money | 4 | ||||
| 5. Ruined anyway | 10 | ||||
| 6. Lover put girl on the street | 10 | ||||
| 7. Previous use of drink or drugs | 7 | ||||
| 8. White slave | 2 | ||||
| 9. Tired of drudgery | 4 | ||||
| 10. “Easy money” | 17 | ||||
| 11. Dances | 13 | ||||
| 12. Lazy, hated work | 20 | ||||
| 13. Stage environment | 9 | ||||
| 14. Love of the life | 15 | ||||
| 15. Desertion by lover | 3 | ||||
| 16. Desire for pleasure (theatre, food, clothes) | 48 | ||||
| 17. Desire for money | 38 | ||||
| 18. Ashamed to go home after first escapade | 1 | 291 | |||
| D. | Economic reasons | ||||
| 1. Can’t support herself | 5 | ||||
| 2. Can’t support herself and children | 1 | ||||
| 3. Couldn’t find work | 13 | 19 | |||
| Total | 671 | ||||
Table XXIV
BEDFORD CASES
OFFENSES
No. Cases, 647
| Misdemeanor | |||
| Assault 3rd degree | 9 | ||
| Attempted suicide | 1 | ||
| Concealing birth of child | 1 | ||
| Corrupting morals of a minor | 3 | ||
| Indecent exposure | 1 | ||
| Keeping a disorderly house | 3 | ||
| Maintaining a place for smoking opium | 1 | ||
| Petit larceny | 71 | ||
| Unlawfully injuring propt’y | 1 | ||
| Using vulgar and indecent language in public | 1 | ||
| Total, | 92 | or 14.21% | |
| Felonies | |||
| Assault 2nd degree | 4 | ||
| Attempted grand larceny | 13 | ||
| Burglary 3rd degree | 3 | ||
| Felonously selling cocaine | 1 | ||
| Grand larceny, 1st degree | 12 | ||
| Grand larceny, 2nd degree | 63 | ||
| Manslaughter, 2nd degree | 3 | ||
| Receiving stolen goods | 4 | ||
| Robbery | 2 | ||
| Total, | 105 | or 16.22% | |
| Other Offenses | |||
| Associating with dissolute persons and in danger of becoming morally deprav’d | 50 | ||
| Common prostitute | 272 | ||
| Disorderly child | 25 | ||
| Disorderly conduct | 44 | ||
| Frequenting disorderly houses | 6 | ||
| Intercourse with boys | 1 | ||
| Public intoxication or habitual drunkard | 14 | ||
| Vagrancy | 38 | ||
| Total, | 450 | or 69.55% | |