On the 1st of January, 1852, there were 1246 women in these houses. On the 1st of December there were 1316, but making allowance for those incarcerated, either for some offence or for illness, we find the number reduced to about 1005 active women. There were—
| In 1842 — 193 | tolerated houses | in Paris. |
| „ 1847 — 177 | „ | „ |
| „ 1852 — 152 | „ | „ |
In which latter year these houses contained 1005 girls.
In 1854, Paris contained 140 tolerated houses in which 1009 women existed.
In the suburbs there were—
| In 1842 — 36 | of these | houses. |
| „ 1847 — 53 | „ | „ |
| „ 1852 — 65 | „ | „ |
In 1852 the number of girls living in them was 417.
In 1854 there were 64 houses containing 493 women.
The number of these tolerated houses, it will be seen, does not fluctuate or change very largely, with the exception of those existing in the suburbs, in which in ten years, that is to say from 1842 to 1852, the number was increased by 29. We have shown that the summit of a prostitute’s ambition is generally to keep a house of ill-fame, and such being the case it is only wonderful that the number of such houses is not larger than it is.