A second cause is work in factories, by which girls are brought into contact with adults who, from their often coarse manners and language, and their lack of moral sentiments, corrupt these children for their whole lives. After having spoken of the other dangers which threaten the morality of children, Lecour says: “If she has escaped these dangers the child, placed too young as an apprentice, will meet other perils. There will be the contact with girls who are older and already corrupted, and workmen who respect neither youth nor innocence, who boast of debauchery, propagate immorality, and dishonor the daughters of their comrades. There will be, perhaps, the impure domination of the proprietor or foreman.”[127] [[337]]
Let us now look at the influences which demoralize adult women. In the first place we must speak of the influence of profession. The following figures serve to show which are the professions from which prostitutes are recruited most:[128]
Berlin, 1855.
| Factory-workers |  | Industrial workers | 73 | | 61% |
| Seamstresses, laundry-workers | 16 | ||||
| Day-laborers | 23 | ||||
| Workers at home | 32 | ||||
| Domestics | 22 | 9%,, | |||
| Without declared profession | 70 | 30%,, | |||
| 236 | 100%,, | ||||
1873.
| Factory workers |  | Industrial workers | 355 | | 64.3% |
| Workers at home and saleswomen | 936 | ||||
| Caretakers of stores | 139 | ||||
| Domestics | 794 | 35.7%,, | |||
| 2,224 | 100.0%,, | ||||
1898.
| Workwomen, seamstresses, and saleswomen | 66 | 43.4% | |
| Domestics | 78 | 51.3%,, | |
| With their parents | 7 |  | 5.3%,, |
| Nurses of children | 1 | ||
| 100.0%,, |
In the “Reports of the Select Committee, etc.” we find the following:[129]