| Length of Time. | Numbers. | |||
| Under | 6 | weeks | 2 | |
| " | 3 | months | 6 | |
| " | 6 | " | 8 | |
| " | 7 | " | 1 | |
| " | 8 | " | 2 | |
| " | 1 | year | 22 | |
| " | 2 | years | 30 | |
| " | 3 | " | 38 | |
| " | 4 | " | 33 | |
| " | 5 | " | 24 | |
| " | 6 | " | 21 | |
| " | 7 | " | 17 | |
| " | 8 | " | 18 | |
| " | 9 | " | 16 | |
| " | 10 | " | 13 | |
| 10 years and upward | 32 | |||
| Time not specified | 11 | |||
| Total | 294 | |||
It will be perceived that nineteen prostitutes have been widows less than one year, twenty-two for one year, thirty for two years, and so throughout the scale. The table presents but little necessity for observation, the principal conclusion to be drawn from it being that the majority of this class are driven to a course of vice from the destitution ensuing on the husband’s death. It has been shown that a large number of them are very young, and it can be scarcely necessary to repeat that any young woman in a state of poverty will be surrounded with temptations she can with difficulty resist. Much as this state of society may be deplored, its existence can not be denied.
Question. Have you had any children?
| Condition of Women. | Replies. | Total of Women. | ||||
| Yes. | No. | |||||
| Single | 357 | 859 | 1216 | |||
| Married | 357 | 133 | 490 | |||
| Widowed | 233 | 61 | 294 | |||
| Totals | 947 | 1053 | 2000 | |||
The women who reply to this question in the affirmative are
| Single | women | 357, | or | 30 | per cent. | |
| Married | " | 357, | " | 73 | " | |
| Widows | " | 233, | " | 79 | " |
In continuation of this subject is the
Question. If you have had children, how many?
| Number of Women. | Condition of Women. | Number of Children Born. | ||
| 357 | Single women | 490 | ||
| 357 | Married women | 791 | ||
| 233 | Widows | 636 | ||
| 947 | Women were mothers of | 1917 |