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What was it like?

Overcrowded

'Rookeries'

Poverty next to the middle classes

Flower and Dean Street - 902 lodgers in 31 'doss houses'

188 people per acre vs. 45 people per acre across the rest of London

Whitechapel workhouse & casual ward: strict rules; families segregated; casual ward - work in exchange for a bed. picking oakum, cleaning, kitchen work

Peabody Estate - slum clearance, by 1881 blocks of flats had been built, but rents were higher than average too

People didn't leave as they had to live near their work; wages were low and work insecure, very difficult to save up money
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"The Big Story" WHITECHAPEL

Published on Feb 12, 2019

Edexcel GCSE 9-1 History History Around Us Whitechapel unit (Crime & Punishment) Overview of key topics

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WHITECHAPEL

1870-1900
What was it like?

Overcrowded

'Rookeries'

Poverty next to the middle classes

Flower and Dean Street - 902 lodgers in 31 'doss houses'

188 people per acre vs. 45 people per acre across the rest of London

Whitechapel workhouse & casual ward: strict rules; families segregated; casual ward - work in exchange for a bed. picking oakum, cleaning, kitchen work

Peabody Estate - slum clearance, by 1881 blocks of flats had been built, but rents were higher than average too

People didn't leave as they had to live near their work; wages were low and work insecure, very difficult to save up money
Photo by acb
2.

CRIMES

criminal underclass

overcrowding and unhealthy living conditions

drink - cause and creates victims

immigration - Irish and Russian Jewish (30,000 arrived between 1881-91); some segregation due to culture

socialism/anarchism

Irish - Fenians

Attempts to address these issues tended to make things worse

Photo by delete08
3.

METROPOLITAN POLICE

set up in 1829 by Robert Peel, under control of the Home Secretary

1870 Commissioner Edmund Henderson: new rules to improve quality of recruits (forced to resign, criticism about police conduct)

1886 Commissioner Sir Charles Warren; focused on military discipline (forced to resign due to appearing to criticise the Home Secretary)

1887 Commissioner James Munro

1888-9 Whitechapel Murders

1894 new methods of identification incl. measurements and 'mug shots'
Photo by Wade Brooks
4.

METROPOLITAN POLICE

Met Police split into divisions

Whitechapel = H Division

Recruits = 3 weeks 'training' then assigned where they were needed

H Division = 505 policemen for a population of 176,000

Thames Police Court - court records show all crimes which could be processed without a jury

Beat Constable - wore a uniform; patrolled specified routes within specified times (30/15 minutes) swapped beats each month

CID worked on detecting crimes; plain clothes
Photo by Wade Brooks
5.

PROBLEMS

Pubs - licensing and drinking

Gangs - unclear how much of a problem these were, newspaper reports are unclear and few people were inclined to report problems due to fear

Prostitution -

Immigration - language barriers and lack of trust in the police

Political unrest

Strikes

Attacks on Jews
Photo by Tortured Mind
6.

the Ripper...

31 August - 9 November 1888 five women murdered

Plenty of press coverage

Photo by francisco.j.gonzalez

mrs j

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