Statistics re Social Evil in Japan in 1898.
Reading edition
The following figures are stated to be the result of official investigation, and they are given for reference. Readers will please understand that it is virtually impossible to verify the details, and therefore the correctness of the information cannot be guaranteed:—
Number of singing girls (adults) 24,261
Number of singing girls (children) 3,537
Number of women carrying on the profession of courtesans and singing-girls combined 513
Waitresses in brothels and tea-houses64 34,015
Number of geisha houses 6,647
Number of restaurants 29,511
Various establishments frequented by geisha 5,650
Inspection offices 364
Number of courtesans 40,208
Introducers of courtesans 1,277
Number of prostitute quarters 546
Number of brothels 10,172