GERMAN LABOUR HOUSES.
| Labour House. (Locality) | Province | Accommodation for | Number of | |||||||||||||||
| Detainees. | Wards. | Dormitories. | Workrooms. | Sickrooms. | Cells and Cabins. | |||||||||||||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |||||||||||||||
| Tapiau | East Prussia | 392 | 80 | — | — | 11 | 9 | 6 | 23 | |||||||||
| Konitz | West Prussia | 350 | 100 | 170 | 100 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||
| Rummelsburg | Brandenburg | 400 | 300 | 225 | 75 | 20 | 30 | 20 | — | |||||||||
| Strausberg | " | 380 | — | 90 | — | 10 | 41 | 9 | — | |||||||||
| Prenzlau | " | 400 | — | 80 | 26 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||
| Landsberg a. W. | " | 190 | 40 | 50 | 30 | 7 | 37 | 15 | 3 | |||||||||
| Neustettin | Pomerania | 150 | 10 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 13 | — | |||||||||
| Ückermünde | " | 340 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Stralsund | " | 120 | 25 | — | — | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | |||||||||
| Greifswald | " | 110 | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | |||||||||
| Bojanowo | Posen | 450 | — | — | — | 2 | 26 | 8 | — | |||||||||
| Fraustadt | " | — | 130 | — | — | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | |||||||||
| Schweidnitz | Silesia | 1,200 | 150 | 130 | 50 | 46 | 64 | 16 | 13 | |||||||||
| Breslau | " | 600 | 300 | — | — | 22 | 17 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||
| Gross Salze | Saxony | 358 | 57 | 90 | 30 | 18 | 39 | 16 | 21 | |||||||||
| Moritzburg | " | 505 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 10 | 19 | |||||||||
| Glückstadt | Schleswig | 700 | 50 | — | — | 15 | 27 | 5 | 19 | |||||||||
| Bockelholm | " | 300 | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | |||||||||
| Benninghausen | Westphalia | 350 | 60 | — | — | 21 | 23 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| Breitenau | Hesse-Nassau | 300 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | — | |||||||||
| Hadamar | " | 236 | 80 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | — | |||||||||
| Brauweiler | Rhine Province | 1,090 | 195 | 50 | 105 | 47 | 56 | 16 | 281 | |||||||||
| Moringen | Hanover | 800 | — | — | — | 21 | 27 | 14 | 16 | |||||||||
| Wunstorf | " | 300 | — | 550 | — | 22 | 26 | 37 | 103 | |||||||||
| Himmelsthür | " | — | 125 | — | 190 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 29 | |||||||||
The numbers of persons, detained for correction, dealt with by the whole of the Prussian Labour Houses in the course of the administrative year 1907-8 were as follows:—
| Males | Females | Total | ||||
| Number at the beginning of the year | 7.200 | 848 | 8,048 | |||
| Admitted during the year | 6,716 | 731 | 7,447 | |||
| Discharged during the year | 6,839 | 892 | 7,731 | |||
| Number at the end of the year | 7,077 | 687 | 7,764 | |||
| Total number detained | 13,916 | 1,579 | 15,495 | |||
| Average number detained daily | 6,779 | 749 | 7,528 | |||
The persons detained were classified in the following groups of occupations:—
| Males | Females | Total | ||||
| Agriculture, forestry, gardening, fishing, etc. | 923 | 30 | 953 | |||
| Industry, mining, and building trades | 3,057 | 42 | 3,099 | |||
| Trade and commerce | 717 | 17 | 734 | |||
| Domestic service and casual labour | 1,488 | 296 | 1,784 | |||
| Public service and professions | 114 | 5 | 119 | |||
| No occupation, or none declared | 8 | 302 | 310 | |||
| Totals | 6,307 | 629 | 6,999 | |||
Of 6,990 persons classified by age, 174 were under twenty-one years of age, 262 were from twenty-one to twenty-five years of age, 529 from twenty-five to thirty, 1,664 from thirty to forty, 2,231 from forty to fifty, 1,532 from fifty to sixty, 548 from sixty to seventy, and 50 were seventy years of age and upwards.
The offences for which 6,299 male and 692 female inmates were committed to the Labour Houses in that year were as follows:—
| Males | Females | Total | ||||
| Vagabondage | 328 | 47 | 375 | |||
| Begging | 4,166 | 69 | 4235 | |||
| Begging and vagrancy together | 702 | 31 | 733 | |||
| Laziness | 97 | 6 | 103 | |||
| Professional immorality | 188 | 481 | 669 | |||
| Work-shyness | 8 | 3 | 11 | |||
| Homelessness | 810 | 55 | 865 | |||
| Totals | 5,299 | 692 | 6,991 | |||