Whitechapel
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- Created on: 05-11-17 15:37
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- Whitechapel
- Local Context of Whitechapel
- Charles Booth: Map Of Poverty
- Housing
- In rookeries up to 30 people shared 1 apartment.
- 200 lodging houses were 8000+ people lived.
- The Peabody Estate built in 1857 by american George Peabody, families spent up to 1/4 of income on rent.
- The industrial revolution polluted the east end , and sewage flooded the streets
- Work
- Work houses were set up as poor releif, inmateds did manual labour in exchange for room and board. many would rather die than go into the workhouse.
- Dr Thomas Barnardo st up the first orphanages in 1870. when he died there were 100 homes across the country
- Tensions
- Immigration
- Irish immigarnts came hoping to catch a shipto america but ran out of money, findign work on railays and docks.
- The feniians were irish terrorists demanding independance
- Tensions rose with bitterness and fear.
- Jewish immigrants fled persecution in russia, moving to london and opening profitable bussinesses, which were open on a sunday, and only hired fellow jews.
- Irish immigarnts came hoping to catch a shipto america but ran out of money, findign work on railays and docks.
- Politics
- Anarchy in Europe led to fear in London.
- Whitechapel was a target of the SDF party so there were rising tensions between the police and residents.
- Immigration
- The MET Police
- home secutary Henry Mathews was the head of the police force, dissliked the police commisioner.
- Met commisioner Charles Warren wanted to raise standards and increase military-esqe behaviours.
- Local Context of Whitechapel
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