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Show .-"y V. v. lerara.; THK -SOCIAL EVIL- IX ST. LOUIS St. !.;.:!-. 4 -The c mniiiue ar-;-oi!-:ei ry tee Ccari of health to ei-a'-U'e :nto t ie w;r.-.nrs of the "s-.vhii ev-1.'' In, r-rer:s the fell. w-ln; facts, bearing on the merai and stiairary ei-teets ei-teets e: tne .aw. Xne wh -ie nnriiber ot rrostifutes reg-lsterei wca ,e iw-went iw-went into ere-.: was 7; : reg-lassied now. 4s,i decrease i.e. "The number ot houses of iii taut e when the law wen: into operation was Lurrber new. . .. Two hunired and twentv nine women hare since fca gis;ereej. rraiing a tetal number in theci:v of e-ii. which make the aetuai decrease in the number o: rrij-itutes 4rl7. 0: tne total number ef v-smen regisrere-d becaxe p:os-::a:es from ""cheioe! ' lei were seduced. : becaruse thev were L.-treatei cj- their iusbautds, azd o. trom necessity, lue numesj- c: men visiuig Louses oi i tame is much de- creased under the new system, from I the fact that visitors to these houses ' come under the notice c-femeers of the I lair. |