Commercialized Prostitution in New York City

by George J. Kneeland

Of the total number of street walkers who solicited investigators, nearly 30% were on Broadway.

Of the total number of reports on streets, about 31% related to Broadway.

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APPENDIX VIII

NUMBER OF REPORTS ON STREET WALKING IN MANHATTAN, DURING PERIOD OF INVESTIGATION FROM
JANUARY 24th TO NOVEMBER 15th, 1912, ACCORDING TO POLICE PRECINCTS

Precincts	Jan. 24 to Feb. 24	Feb. 24 to Mar. 24	Mar. 24 to Apr. 24	Apr. 24 to May 24	May 24 to June 24	June 24 to July 24	July 24 to Sept. 1	Sept. 1 to Oct. 1	Oct. 1 to Nov. 1	Nov. 1 to Nov. 15	Total Six Months	Percentage
1	.	.	.	.	.	7	3	.	2	.	12	.75
2	.	.	.	.	.	7	2	.	3	.	12	.75
5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	.07
6	.	.	1	1	3	1	1	.	.	.	7	.45
7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
10	.	.	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	.	2	.13
12	.	.	1	4	.	3	.	.	.	.	8	.50
13	.	.	2	4	.	1	.	1	.	.	8	.50
14	1	.	.	.	.	1	4	.	.	.	6	.38
15	22	7	18	14	26	14	8	1	6	1	117	7.33
16	3	.	1	.	.	1	4	.	1	1	11	.70
17	.	.	2	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	3	.20
18	18	10	8	16	4	16	15	4	13	8	112	7.02
21	24	13	8	21	32	11	12	2	7	2	132	8.25
22	17	22	8	13	28	13	15	14	10	.	140	8.75
23	35	21	28	73	64	69	51	28	40	13	422	26.40
25	1	2	.	.	21	2	3	.	2	.	31	1.95
26	4	13	13	29	38	59	37	7	18	7	225	14.08
28	1	13	13	14	12	11	11	.	6	.	81	5.08
29	1	3	1	.	5	4	4	.	2	3	23	1.45
31	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
32	3	10	7	15	10	11	20	5	11	2	94	5.90
33	1	.	2	3	1	1	.	.	.	.	8	.50
35	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	.07
36	9	18	4	5	9	5	9	5	9	2	75	4.70
39	3	5	5	.	3	.	.	.	.	.	16	1.02
40	.	.	.	.	1	3	.	.	.	.	4	.25
43	14	12	7	2	2	2	.	2	3	.	45	2.82
	157	149	129	214	259	244	201	69	134	39	1596	100.00

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