whitechapel sheets Flashcards
what did whitechapel suffer from
pollution
what was smog
smoke + fog
what were greenish smogs called
pea soupers
what was the sewage like
sewage was thrown out of windows, and ran down a line in the middle of the street
were there many street lights
no
what class was London predominantly occupied by in 1870-90
working class
where was the majority of immigrants from
ireland, eastern and central europe: mainly russian polisha and german
what was the only escape for many men and women
alchohol, mainly gin
what profited from the people’s depression and poverty
many pubs and inns
how many rooms would a family have lived in
one
name for toilets
‘privies’
where were ‘privies’ located
at the end of the street
what was the drinking water like
many houses shared drinking water, which was often polluted
which main diseases spread
typhus tuberculosis and cholera
in 1877 how amny rooms and people did one rookery contain
123 rooms, 757 people
