Insane--Transferred to asylums 20 Insane tendencies 3 Feeble-minded (distinctly so) 107 Border-line--neurotic 26 Weak-willed--"No moral sense" 26 "Wild"--truants--run-a-ways 11 193 29.8% TABLE XXIII BEDFORD CASES CAUSES. REASONS GIVEN BY THE GIRL _A. In connection with her family_ 1. Immorality of the parents 15 2. Incompatibility 39 3. Neglect and abuse 26 4. No mother or father or neither 166 5. Over indulgence 10 6. Over strictness 35 7. Poverty 9 8. Turned out 6 ---- 306 _B. In connection with married life_ 1. Death of husband 5 2. Desertion by husband 8 3. Immorality (includes cruelty or criminality) 14 4. Incompatibility 26 5. Husband put girl on street 2 ---- 55 _C. Personal reasons_ 1. Bad company 75 2. No sex instruction 10 3. Idle or lonely 5 4. Sick, needed the money 4 5. Ruined anyway 10 6. Lover put girl on the street 10 7. Previous use of drink or drugs 7 8. White slave 2 9. Tired of drudgery 4 10. "Easy money" 17 11. Dances 13 12. Lazy, hated work 20 13. Stage environment 9 14. Love of the life 15 15. Desertion by lover 3 16. Desire for pleasure (theatre, food, clothes) 48 17. Desire for money 38 18. Ashamed to go home after first escapade 1 ---- 291 _D. Economic reasons_ 1. Can't support herself 5 2. Can't support herself and children 1 3. Couldn't find work 13 19 -------- TOTAL 671 TABLE XXIV BEDFORD CASES OFFENSES _No. Cases, 647_