whitechapel Flashcards
what was a rookerie
- croded areas of low quality houses
- some several stories high
- over 30 people might share one house or apparment
whitechapel was r_______ and O_____
rundown and overcrowded
what was a lodging house/doss house
- individuals could sleep in dormitory style bunks for a few pence a night
- pay less if they slept upright leaning over a rope
what type of people lived in workhouses
- young
- old
- poor
- chronically ill
what were conditions of workhouses
- accomodation of poor standard
- discipline was harsh
- families split u
- work - long hours doing repetitive tasks like picking oakhum to earn their keep
what was the peabody estate
- blocks of flats built in white chapel which were goodish quality but cheapish so people could afford them
what was the artisans dwellings act and when was it introduced
attempted to clear some of the worst slums in country and replace them with better housing
- 1875
how did Peabody estate affect white chapel
- didnt affect it as a whole
changes in one small area
what did Charles booth create
the white chapel poverty map
poverty and crime were ________ in white chapel
common
what was unemployment like in whitechapel
unemployment was high in whitechapel and lots of people struggled to find jobs
- people didnt typically have much money
what was health like in whitechapel
poor
due to:
- poor sanitation
- overcrowded areas so disease spread quickly
- lack of money for healthcare
what crime was common in whitechapel
- alcoholism
- prostitutes
- theft
why were lodgers easy targets for theives
they carried their possessions around with them
why did the irish immigrant to britian
to aviod famine and look for jobs
why did the Jewish migrate to Britain
to avoid persecution,disease and hunger in eastern Europe
what were the reactions to immigration in white chapel
- they thought they were taking their jobs - immigrants would work for low pay with residents thought undercut their wages
- adding to overcrowding
- immigrants experienced racism or were unfairly treated by police
- media stereotypes were often negative
- many Jewish immigrants lived on just a few streets to segregated
- more crime
what is socialism
the belief that everyone is equal and money should be shared equally
what is anarchism
the belief that there should be no formal government and society should work together
white chapel saw an increase in people supporting _________ and ____________
socialism
anarchism
what police force was responsible for london
metropolition
what did sir Edmund Henderson do
introduce schoolmaster sergeants
- teach reading and wriiting to illiterate officers
some strict rules abloshied making the job more attractive
- no being able to grow a beard
- to vote
what did sir Charles Williams introduce in 1888
introduce strict rules of policing
- have to aged 21-32
- 5 foot 9
- have to read and write well
- banned from owning a business
what were H division responsible for
policing in white chapel
what were advantages and disadvantages of the beat
advantage:
- patrols were thorough
- sergeants knew where to find constables
disadvantages
- criminals could learn the routes of the beat which mean they could work out when it was safe to commit a crime
why was policing difficult in white chapel
- bad attitudes towards police - hostile
- winding dark allies - easy to hide + commit crime
- had to handle violent demonstrations
who were the jack the ribber victims
- Mary an
- Annie Chapman
- Elizabeth stride
- Catherine ed dowers
- Mary Jane Kelly
how did the jack the ripper victims die
mutilations
what techniques did the police use to solve the jack the ripper murders
- traditional interviews with witnesses and suspects
- autopsies - to help assume things about killer
- sketches of crime scenes
-photographs
how did the media react to the jack the ripper
- newspapers,articles,magazines,cartoons published on the topic
- claims in who he was
- blamed and mocked police for not solving murders
how did the high level of media attention make the polices job harder when solving the jack the ripper case
- media reports exaggerated and included unproven claims which confused public
- police flooded with false evidence
- police had to spend time fending ff criticism
who were the white chapel vigilance committee
- fed up with police not catching ripper
- patrolled streets
- most evidence they got was made up
