CHAPTER XXXII. NEW YORK.--STATISTICS.

Schedule of Questions.--Age.--Juvenile Depravity.--Premature

Old Age.--Gradual Descent.--Average Duration of a Prostitute's

Life.--Nativity.--Proportion of Prostitutes from various

States.--New York.--Effects of Immigration.--Foreigners.--

Proportion to Population.--Proportion to Emigration.--Dangers

of Ports of Departure, Emigrant Ships, and Boarding-houses.--

Length of Residence in the United States.--Prostitution a

Burden to Tax-payers.--Length of Residence in New York

State.--Length of Residence in New York City.--Inducements to

emigrate.--Labor and Remuneration in Europe.--Assistance to

emigrate; its Amount, and from whom.--Education.--Neglect of

Facilities in New York.--Social Condition.--Single Women.--

Widows.--Early and Injudicious Marriages.--Husbands.--

Children.--Illegitimate Children.--Mortality of Children.--

Infanticide.--Influences to which Children are exposed. 450

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