Types Of Sources

Question 1

Housing Records

Answer 1

• up to date record of who lives where in whitechapel as this is done locally
• indicates the wealth of an area as it reveals how many people live in each house

-doesnt show illegal immigrants

Question 2

Employment records

Answer 2

• reveals employment figures in an area and therefore indicates the wealth of an area
• reveals who was employed in particular professions
• factual document which is not impacted by opinion

-doesnt have records of anything illegal

Question 3

Charles Booth’s survey of poverty

Answer 3

• 80 researches compiled the report and therefore the report is able to produce a more accurate and broad image
• maps are colour coded indicating the type of people who lived in each area. This allows a judgment to be made on how poor each area was
• survey of london so whitechapel can be compared to other areas

Question 4

Leman street police records

Answer 4

• provide information about the orginsation of policing, how day to day policing worked and the nature of crime in the area
• evidence of the ripper murders
• eyewitness reports
• tells us when people left and joined the police

Question 5

Photography

Answer 5

• captures a moment in time
• used for crimes
• gives detail of the environment
• only captures what photographer wants you to see
• poor quality

Question 6

Newspaper

Answer 6

• covered the ripper murders extensively
• indicates mood of local and national attitudes
• can be exaggerated
• only shows some details not everything

Question 7

Letters

Answer 7

-private, therefore not subject to censorship, likely to reflect a more accurate veiw

• can be a letter if persuding
• one sided