whitechapel Flashcards
one rookery had 123 rooms, how many people did this accommodate for
757
when were workhouses set up
early 19th century
when was the Artisans’ Dwelling Act and what was it
1875
area of lodging houses demolished and sold to the Peabody Trust
when did the Peabody estate open and how many flats did it provide
1881
286 flats
how much was the weekly rent for a one room flat in the Peabody estate
three shillings
(average weekly labourer wage was 27 shillings)
when was the Fenian bomb attack on Clerkenwell prison
1867
when did Russian Jewish people go to Whitechapel to avoid persecution
after 1881
what was the International Working Men’s Educational Club
socialist organisation set up by Jewish migrants
when did the first socialist party form in Britain
1881
when was the Bloody Sunday demonstrations
sunday 13th and 20th November 1887
how many people were arrested at the Bloody Sunday demonstrations
400
when was the CID set up
1870
on each street, how many buildings were seen as pubs or gin palaces
45
in 1888, how many brothels were there in Whitechapel
62
whe was the Whitechapel Vigilance Commitee set up
1888
