The official list for 1844 shows that of the registered prostitutes there were
| Under | 20 | years | of | age | 16 | ||
| From | 20 | " | to | 30 | years | 401 | |
| " | 30 | " | " | 40 | " | 74 | |
| " | 40 | " | " | 50 | " | 11 | |
| Total | 502 | ||||||
In 1846, of women living in registered houses, there were
| From | 20 | years | to | 30 | years | of age | 199 | |
| " | 30 | " | " | 40 | " | " | 50 | |
| " | 40 | " | " | 50 | " | " | 8 | |
| Total | 257 | |||||||
The birth-places of the 502 women reported in 1844 included most of the countries in Germany. There were from
| Hamburg | 108 | |
| Hanover | 101 | |
| Prussia | 81 | |
| Holstein | 78 | |
| Other parts of Germany | 129 | |
| Holland | 2 | |
| Russia | 2 | |
| France | 1 | |
| Total | 502 |
The nativity returns for 512 women, in 1846, do not vary materially from the above, the difference in the foreign-born being that there were four, instead of five, born out of Germany. These tables show that about one in five are natives of Hamburg city and territory. Dr. Lippert notices this fact as a small proportion, and accounts for it by enumerating the difficulties of local relationship, parentage, etc., which would be opposed to the registration of native women. These circumstances favor the presumption that many of the unregistered women are city born.
The Hamburger Berg, or St. Paul’s Suburb, is on the west side of Hamburg, and has already been mentioned as the abode of seamen and their dependents. Brothels were tolerated here, in deference to the wants of the inhabitants, at a time when they were strictly excluded from the city proper. The women and the houses are of a different type from those of other parts of Hamburg. All the prostitutes live in registered houses, unregistered or private traffic in this quarter being rigorously opposed by the authorities. The brothels and their inmates are in the most flourishing condition at the end of autumn, when the home voyages are completed and the sailors paid off. For a time mirth and excitement bear the sway; when the wages are all spent, things relapse into their old condition, and sometimes the keepers dismiss some of their women, the supply being in excess of the demand.
During the year 1846 the number of registered women in this district was
| January | 186 | |
| May | 189 | |
| August | 181 | |
| December | 169 |