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Number of Visits of Men to each House weekly, - 80
Making weekly visits over all, - 14,000
The Girls receive on an average £1, 10s weekly, making the sum of £1,050
Robberies—2s 6d from each visitor is a low average, making - 1,750
Spent on Drink, 2s by each visitor, - 1,400

Total for Prostitution weekly, £4,200
""annually, £218,400
Number of Unfortunate Girls who die yearly, - 120


The following is the extent of Prostitution in Glasgow:—

Number of houses of ill-fame, 450
Average number of Prostitutes in all, 1800
Number of Bullies or Fancy-Men, 1350
Do.Mistresses,- - 450
Total living on prostitution, - 3,600
Number of visits of men to each house, 80
Making weekly visits to 450 houses, 36,000
The Girls receive on an average £1 from each visitor, making weekly - £1800
Robberies—2s 6d from each visitor, 4500
Spent on Drink by each visitor, 2s 3600
Total for Prostitution weekly, 9990
"" annually 514,890
Number of Girls who die annually, 6 years being their average lifetime, 300
The average number of different class houses—

First, 60; Second, 180; Third, 210.