The Vice Commission of Philadelphia: A Report on Existing Conditions With Recommendations to the Honorable Rudolph Blankenburg, Mayor of Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Unknown Author

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0243037589 ISBN 13: 9780243037582

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2022

Synopsis

Confronting an aging city’s vice problem with facts, not sensationalism.

This historical study compiles findings and concrete recommendations from the Vice Commission of Philadelphia, issued to Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg. It presents the local conditions, investigations, and policy proposals that aimed to reform a wide range of urban vice and its effects on community life.

The book uses documentary evidence, witness accounts, and official data to examine areas such as parlor houses, call houses, furnished rooms, and the role of employment agencies, as well as issues around venereal disease, child welfare, and legal controls. It outlines how investigations were conducted and what reforms the city might pursue to protect the public and vulnerable residents.

• Grounds the study in Philadelphia’s 1913 urban context with practical recommendations.
• Explains the scope of vice-related problems and the investigators’ methods.
• Details the interplay between law, policing, and social reform.
• Offers historical perspective on early 20th‑century public health and policy debates.

Ideal for readers of local history, public policy, and urban reform, this edition sheds light on how cities addressed complex social problems in the early 1900s.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0243037589
• ISBN 13: 9780243037582
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 173