The New York herald., 1867-02-09
THE SOCIAL EVIL.

Omcisl Statement or the Nsmber sl<fuksfe-
Prostitutes. Houses Of Prosrisul. or A.uiu--
nation, &C.. In This City Sna BrookIyn-
Important Facts ar. statistics, &c.
The s:s;i:sical rep2H q the Police Commissioners upon
the extent Of public prostitution in this city and Brook
lyn made in compliance with the resolution offered BY
Mr. Jacobs in the Assembly rev weeks ago, and which
Is TO accompany the medical report OF the Sanitary Com
m,se upon the SANG subject, has not - yet a. has
been enormously stasd in certain morning papers, been
sent to Albany forf the simple that IL has nok
yet reached that rate Of completion which the Commis
sioners desire u, should attain Some time next weex
all probsDisT viii be completed and forwarded 70
The Official figures Of the number Of prostitutes houses
Of assgna on &C. obtained for this report by the po-
Gath OF Jr nuary last compared with the reports made on
HONS, :, n,,.,,,.,,.. 1894 So 'sss ssi lss, 81
Houees Of assgnation. ................ III ~ 70
Sal IONS with waiter girls. .......... Y 20 .Ss Ss
fAimber Of waiter girls in saIoons..... TAT 3sc
1t win be at glance by the above tables that the
sSs a adyissdy ior pis i Is notorious fact say Com
mssioner that there Ii large class Of IN
this city who. though not known as pros'tues g e
the most Of public women Of the term 90 aptly applied
BY The French % all females Of loose character
sirs n' of ''1s every grade Of society nom me
kid gloved belle 70 the poor factory gsi
nlthi6Ge purlo1u OF the tOWn-huu evcu
women. who have their unknown places OF appoint
nent who patzonixe sseect houses OF assignments,
or who be more secret in their acs. have aeaishy
meetings hotels and other places OF pubic resort
form the greater portion while kept misresses make up
the balance. Were all such persons-as well - the
spretty waiter girls" ard girls who attend In concert
saloons who not included in the number OF public
prostitutes but who. It 10 we'll known are - rule
women Of lost character-set down under the general
heading the grand total would doubt be sweed 70
twice It's present olcal number By the excusvenees
observed by these persons the police unable 70 give
certain data to their actual number but the fact 10
mains the same nevertheless that almost once again a.
much crimc Of prostitution committed privately, %
TO speak, there is publicly in tho city. From this sad
Of things the Commissioners leave the Legislature
to draw its own conclusiona
There 2100 public prostitutes In this city h
year from the numbers inhabiting the city in the
former attributed to the fact that large numbers OF
the women followed the army, Or rather, focked 70
those cities nearest its encampments during the war;
| many Of whom, while absent sckened and died. BY
parity Of reasoning the increase from 1854 TO 1850 was
troops TO this city, where not only those prostitutes Who
had left this city with the sodiers but hundreds who
had joined the frontiers Of the army encampments
from other cities, gravitated 70 this oty aS tno
place that held out TO them the greatest prospect o.
stranc" Taking into consideration the nnety-fcur
many others who were induced to 60 south BY procur
tours the decrease from the number reported In 1885, -
noticeable in 1867, ID easily accounted for.
Brooklyn Il is o1Caly stated, contains but six pubic
houses OF prostitution three known houses OF assgna-
ton and only fourteen resident public prostitutes This
Brooklyn this CITY, but to tho fact that New York
offers inducements TO the general welfare-so 70
speakof the fallen women than that place. owing 70 ia
prOximity TO the metropolis, can possibly 0ncr.