Prostitutes Admitted to “Lock Hospital.”

Age. To the 1,000.
Below 15 42
From 15 to 20 662
From,, 20 to,, 25 199
25 and over 97

In the “Reports from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Law Relating to the Protection of Young Girls”[90] the following figures may be found:

England, 1881–1882.

Received into an “Asylum for Girls and Women.”

Age.Number.Percentage.
12 to 14 8 55
14 to,, 16 6
16 to,, 18 28
18 to,, 20 34
20 to,, 23 9 45
23 to,, 25 25
25 to,, 39 27
137 100

In his work “De la Prostitution dans la ville de Paris” Parent-Duchatelet gives the following figures:[91] [[325]]

Paris, 1831.

Registered Prostitutes.

Age.Number.Percentage.
12 years 1 23.6
13 years,, 3
14 years,, 8
15 years,, 17
16 years,, 44
17 years,, 55
18 years,, 101
19 years,, 115
20 years,, 216
21 years,, 204
22 years,, 249 76.4
23 years,, 240
24 years,, 207
25 years,, 193
26 and over 1,582
3,235 100.0