3.5c - costs and benefits of migration Flashcards
What was the more historical reputation of Soho?
- It had an old reputation for the sex industry, and continues to have one for nightlife.
- It has been considerably gentrified.
- It hosts the historical point for the birth of epidemiology.
What makes up a person’s perception?
- Their individually lived experiences.
- Stories associated with a place will develop attitudes towards it, irrespective of prior experience.
- How different people view a place can affect an individual’s perception, too.
What is the historical understanding of Victoria like?
- Young children working as chimney sweepers.
- Coal-fuelled heating and domestic cooking.
- Diets mainly consisted of what food was accessible / affordable.
- The Industrial Revolution caused RUM to cities.
- Prostitution and violence inspired the establishment of the Metropolitan Police.
- People lived in slums that were overcrowded and unhygienic.
- Sewage was dumped in the River Thames, contaminating the water supply.
How has perception changed for Soho?
The gentrification witnessed has transformed the place once riddled with disease and associated with lower-class citizens to one of affluence. Movement of employment sectors and opportunities available have attracted a greater variety of people from a range of backgrounds.
How was Victorian England populatised?
- via literature and the media:
- Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol (Dickens) - highlighted the inequality felt among citizens of the place, and the implications on a personal level that attracted attention which advocated for change.
What is Soho now well-known for?
- Its affluence
- Offices and business sector initially comes to mind
- Theatre District
- British Film Post-Production industry
- Carnaby Street
- John Snow pub - man renowned for his mapping of cholera and inspiring scientific medical progress.
What was John Snow famous for?
He identified the focus of infection in Victoria, and found unhygenic waste disposal to be greatly responsible for the spread of disease - cesspools were overrunning.
How vast was the population explosion in Victoria London?
- 1-6 million
- The concentration of people in the city was way in excess for services to suitably cater to basic needs.
What benefits were reaped from the emergence of Soho as a city?
- There had been lots of economic growth and technological advances.
Why was quality of life poor?
- Diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and smallpox were spreading at epidemic rates.
- Life expectancy was 37 years.
- The poor could not afford doctors to see to them - they had to turn to charitable hospitals / workhouse infirmaries.
What was a consequence of the poor quality of life present?
- High crime
- > Young men would turn to petty theft
- > Young women went into prostitution
- > Criminal behaviour was performed to get by.
What was the image of Victorian London as a result of the poor quality of life?
- A dangerous and threatening image of London was formed - a consequence of the perpetuating crime and poor living conditions.
What was done about the issues facing the place?
- Proper sewage systems were installed on the embankment.
- The Metropolitan Police was founded in 1829, which was a form of action taken to improve the law and enforcement of it.
- New homes for the working class were built.
