=======+============+===========+==========+=========+===============+=============+============+==============+====== Years. |Prostitutes.|Mendicants.| Without |Furnished| Presence in a | Presence in |Incorrigible|Other Offenses|Total. | | | Means |Burglar's|Closed Building|Public Places| Vagabonds. | against the | | | | of | with |with Criminal |with Criminal| | Vagrant Act. | | | |Existence.| Tools. | Intent. | Intent. | | | -------+------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------------+-------------+------------+--------------+------ 1858 | 51.4 | 50.2 | 18.9 | 0.3 | 14.2 | 18.0 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 168 1859 | 37.1 | 39.2 | 15.9 | 0.3 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 1.6 | 12.0 | 131 1860 | 33.6 | 37.9 | 15.2 | 0.2 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 1.2 | 9.4 | 119 1861 | 35.4 | 41.3 | 17.7 | 0.4 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 1.2 | 10.7 | 131 1862 | 41.4 | 55.4 | 20.1 | 0.4 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 2.1 | 12.8 | 161 1863 | 39.2 | 52.9 | 18.6 | 0.2 | 13.3 | 15.3 | 2.5 | 15.5 | 157 1864 | 35.8 | 46.0 | 18.0 | 0.2 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 2.2 | 12.7 | 143 +------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------------+-------------+------------+--------------+------ Average| 39.7 | 46.1 | 17.7 | 0.3 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 1.8 | 12.3 | 144 =======+============+===========+==========+=========+===============+=============+============+==============+====== The maximum number of infractions of the Vagrant Act took place in 1858, when the harmful consequences of the rise in the price of grain, which took place immediately before, were still making themselves felt. The increase in 1861–1862 was the result of the high price of wheat, and of the crisis in the cotton industry. France.