Whitechapel & Jack the Ripper Flashcards
Who created orphanages?
Dr Thomas Bernardo
What year were the JTR murders?
1888
Name 5 types of jobs at these times
Bell maker, tailor, matchmaker, navvie, seasonal worker ( farming)
What or who is a navvie?
Aka navigators, often Irish workers on canals and railways
2 gangs in Whitechapel at those times
Bessarabian Tigers and the Oddessians
3 groups of immigrants
Jewish, Irish, and Eastern Europeans
Who was the Deputy police commissioner?
James Munro ( favoured by Henry Matthews)
Who was Henry Matthew’s?
Home secretary at the time of murders
Who was Charles Booth
Social reformer, investigated poverty in London, drew up poverty map.
Who’s Charles warren?
Met Police Commissioner ( head of police)
Who set up the CID?
Howard Vincent
When did the CID get set up?
1878
Who was the American that paid to replace the slums?
George Peabody
Who did the government encourage attacks on?
Pogroms, Jews and Eastern European
What was taken every 10 years ?
The census
What were the two types of police in London?
Metropolitan Police and City of London police
Which division of London was Whitechapel in?
H
Name 3 types of housing in Whitechapel
Rookeries, Lodging houses and Peabody Estate
Name 3 types of housing in Whitechapel
Rookeries, Lodging houses and Peabody Estate
Describe the rookeries
Overcrowded slums - dirt, disease and crime
Which Law allowed the government to clear the slums?
1875 Artisans Dwellings Act
What was the Peabody estate?
Model dwellings, paid for by George Peabody, healthier than slum housing.
What were workhouses?
Set up by poor law, offered food and shelter in return for hard labour.
3 characteristics of workhouses
Shaved heads, up to 20 hours of work, all families separated.
what were factories that didn’t follow employment laws called?
Sweatshops
Who were the Fenians?
Irish catholic terrorist group who wanted Irish independence.
What branch was set up to stop terrorism?
The special branch ( so creative)
What did Socialists believe?
No private ownership of property or business. Thought all poor would be better off if the government took over everything.
When was Bloody Sunday?
1887
What was Bloody Sunday?
75 protesters injured when army and met police attacked protesters in Trafalgar Square.
Which political movement opposes all forms of organised government?
Anarchism/anarchist
Who were the vigilance committee?
A group of business men and traders who patrolled Whitechapel armed with homemade weapons to try to catch JTR
What was the Bertillion Technique?
Police recorded physical information to identify repeat offenders.
What did the 1890 Houses of the Working class act do?
Allowed slums to be cleaned and replaced with low cost accommodation.
What was the Public Health Amendment Act?
Allowed councils to improve various health related things.
Name 3 things improved by the public health amendments act.
Paving, toilets, and rubbish
What was the Penny Dreadful?
Cheap newspaper, mostly read by the poor.
What was the broadsheet?
More serious newspaper, more factual, mostly read by the rich.
Who wrote memoirs?
Policemen
How did JTR kill everyone?
Knife to throat
