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“New Haven, September 18, 1856.
“Dr. Wm. W. Sanger:
“Dear Sir,—Herewith I hand you the report of our chief of police in answer to your inquiries relative to prostitution in this city.
“Your obedient servant,
“P. S. Galpin, Mayor.”
(Inclosure.)
“To His Honor the Mayor of the City of New Haven:
“Sir,—I have had the communication addressed to you by Wm. W. Sanger, Resident Physician, Blackwell’s Island, New York, in regard to prostitutes and prostitution in the city of New Haven, under consideration, and beg leave to report:
“That the answers to the questions propounded are given in a general manner, with near approximation to exactness without pretending to be minutely accurate.
“And to the first question, namely, ‘How many houses of prostitution are there in the city?’ I answer, That the number now known as such to the police is ten, and that these are only such (some of them) occasionally; and that none of them would be so called in New York, being inconsiderable, in poor, out-of-the-way houses, and conducted with great secrecy, and are constantly liable to the penalties of a law peculiar to Connecticut, which punishes reputation, rendering it impossible for them to gain strength and become permanent.