+----+----+----+----+---------+---------+---------+--------- | 20 | 22 | 25 | 30 | Highest | Lowest | Average | Mode | | | | | Wage | Wage | | +----+----+----+----+---------+---------+---------+--------- | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | $30.00 | $3.50 | $8.11 | $8.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 25.00 | 1.00 | 5.21 | 4.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7.50 | 2.50 | 4.30 | 4.50 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5.00 | 1.25 | 3.14 | 3.00 +----+----+----+----+---------+---------+---------+--------- GRAPHS ILLUSTRATING TABLE IX [Illustration: _Wages in Trades excluding Domestic Service--110 Cases_] [Illustration: _Wages in Domestic Service--52 Cases_] TABLE X BEDFORD CASES OCCUPATIONS _Before entering prostitution_ _No. of Cases_ _Percentages_ --------------------------------------------------------------- Book-binding 7 1.08 Clerk in small shop 8 1.23 Clerk in department store 40 6.18 Domestic (general housework) 243 37.56 Errand girl 3 .46 Factory operative 127 19.62 Janitress 1 .15 Laundry employee 14 2.16 Manicure 2 .30 Millinery 13 2.00 Office work (not stenographers) 13 2.00 Sewing (handwork) 25 3.86 Steel engraver 1 .15 Telephone operator 9 1.39 Theatrical work (chorus or vaudeville) 18 2.78 Nurse (not graduate) 3 .46 Waitress (in restaurants) 28 4.32 No work 92 14.27 --------------------- TOTAL 647 TABLE XI BEDFORD CASES RESIDENCE OF GIRL BEFORE ENTERING PROSTITUTION