BEDFORD CASES
RESIDENCE OF GIRL BEFORE ENTERING PROSt.i.tUTION
------------------------------------------------------------------------- {Giving all they made 53 Living {Giving part 16 at home {Supported by parents or husband 32 {No statistics as to money paid 23 -- 124
Living {Giving all 15 with relatives {Giving part 9 -- 24
Boarding $1.50 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.40 6.00 13.50 No amount given --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 9 20
Domestics living where they worked 26 --- TOTAL 194
TABLE XII
BEDFORD CASES
SOCIAL RELATIONS
Married 193 29.8 Single 454 70.1 --- TOTAL 647
STATEMENT OF 219 WOMEN WITH REGARD TO NUMBER OF CHILDREN
{ Pregnant on entering 1 { Miscarriage previous to entering Bedford 18 { Married { { One 66 women { Legitimate { Two 19 { children { Three 7 { { Eight 1 --- 93
{ Pregnant on entering 16 Single { Miscarriage previous to entering Bedford 18 women { { Illegitimate { One 63 { children { Two 10 73 --- TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES 219
No children, or no record of them 428 --- TOTAL 647
TABLE XIII
BEDFORD CASES
RELIGION
Catholic 266 41.1% Jewish 123 19.0% Protestant 252 38.9% No record 6 .9% ----------- TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES 647
[Ill.u.s.tration: GRAPH ILl.u.s.tRATING TABLE XIII]
TABLE XIV
BEDFORD CASES
AGE
I II III --------+-----------------++---------------------++-------------------- _Years_
_Number entering_
_First s.e.xual_
_Number entering_ _of age_
_Bedford_
_offense_
_prost.i.tution_ --------+------+----------++-------+-------------++-------+------------ 7
..
......
1
.33-1/3%
..
.....
9
..
......
1
.33-1/3%
..
.....
10
..
......
1
.33-1/3%
..
.....
11
..
......
1
.33-1/3%
..
.....
12
..
......
4
1.33-1/3%
..
.....
13
..
......
12
4. %
1
.37% 14
..
......
29
9.66-2/3%
3
1.12% 15
12
1.86%
43
14.33-1/3%
11
4.08% 16
41
6.34%
61
20.33-1/3%
19
7.06% 17
65
10.05%
40
13.33-1/3%
40
14.87% 18
47
7.26%
31
10.33-1/3%
35
13.01% 19
65
10.05%
28
9.33-1/3%
32
11.90% 20
50
7.71%
19
6.33-1/3%
28
10.41% 21
61
9.43%
15
5.00%
31
11.52% 22
73
11.28%
3
1. %
22
8.18% 23
48
7.42%
6
2. %
17
6.32% 24
53
8.19%
3
1. %
9
3.35% 25
40
6.18%
..
........
10
3.72% 26
22
3.40%
..
........
3
1.12% 27
20
3.09%
1
.33-1/3%
6
2.23% 28
22
3.40%
1
.33-1/3%
2
.74% 29
24
3.71%
..
........
..
.....
30
2
.31%
..
........
..
.....
31
1
.15%
..
........
..
.....
32
1
.15%
..
........
..
.....
--------+------+----------++-------+-------------++-------+------------ Total
No.
cases
647
99.98%
300
100%
269
100% --------+------+----------++-------+-------------++-------+------------ Average
Age
20 yr. 11.06 mos.
17 yrs. 16 days
18 yrs. 9.18 mos.
--------+-----------------++---------------------++-------------------- Highest 32
Highest 28
Highest 28 Lowest 15
Lowest 7
Lowest 13 Average 20.09
Average 17
Average 18.7 Mode 22
Mode 16
Mode 17 Mean 23.5
Mean 17.5
Mean 18.5 No. of cases 647
No. of cases 300
No. of cases 269 --------------------------++---------------------++--------------------
[Ill.u.s.tration: GRAPH ILl.u.s.tRATING TABLE XIV
(_Made from Table of Percentages_)]
TABLE XV
BEDFORD CASES
DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN BORN
{ White 341 [312]City born { 404 82.48% { Colored 63
{ White 63 Country born { 85 17.47% { Colored 22
Unknown 2 0.05% ---- ---- ------- TOTAL 491
[Ill.u.s.tration: GRAPH ILl.u.s.tRATING TABLE XV]
TABLE XVI
BEDFORD CASES
REASONS FOR COMING TO NEW YORK, OF THOSE BORN OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY
Ran away to escape home conditions 11 To live with family 78 To obtain work or easier work 26 To practice prost.i.tution 9 To see New York 10 With lover 1 Unknown 4 --- TOTAL 139
TABLE XVII
BEDFORD CASES
PROSt.i.tUTION: PRACTICED CONTINUOUSLY OR INTERRUPTEDLY
Continuously 166 59.50%
{ Married 19 { Living with parents 4 Not continuously { Stealing 3 { Working 32 58 20.79%
No statistics 55 19.71% ---- ------- TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES CONSIDERED 279