Social investigators in Britain

• Concentrated his research in London 
• His report "The Life and Labour of the People of London" was published between 1889-1903
• Produced coloured maps showing the degree of poverty in areas in London
• Found that 35% of the people in London were living in poverty
• Found that poverty was down to : illness, old age, irregular employment, and poor wages

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• Concentrated his investigations in York
• According to his findings over half of the people living in York were living in poverty
• Based his idea of poverty on not having enough food, fuel and clothing to maintain basic health
• Found irregular employment as a main contributing factor to poverty
• Helped to highlight that the problem of poverty wasn't exclusively in London

• Was involved in the London City Mission
• Investigated living conditions in the East End of London
• He took photographs to illustrate the problem of poverty, and these were often published in magazines like Mission