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factory act |
1833 banned the employment of children causing a rise in pick pockets |
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poor law amendment act |
1839 set up workhouses |
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detective department seen as suspicious by the public |
1842 |
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public health act |
1848 set up central board of health to oversee the country |
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jewish population in 1850 |
50000 in a population of 18 mil |
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metropolitan board of works set up |
1855 set up to improve the sewer system |
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introduction of compulsory elementary education |
1870 |
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small pox deaths in 1871 |
50000 |
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second public health act |
1872 created urban sanitary authority |
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artisans dwellings act |
1875 ensured many slums and rookeries were destroyed |
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third public health act |
1875 widened effects of the previous acts by granting extra enforcement powers to the sanitary authorities |
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Barnardo estimation of how many children were sleeping rough |
1876- 30000 children |
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1880-1914 jewish emigration |
further 150000 came |
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number of people in East End in 1881 |
1 million |
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white chapel murders |
1888 5 prostitutes murdered/mutilated by jack the ripper |
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working classes dwellings act |
1890 placed a new responsibility to house residents who lost their homes in the slum clearances |
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london’s population in 1890s |
4 mil |
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mortality rate 1890s |
150 deaths per 1000 births |
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number of workhouses late 1800s |
150 |
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number dwelling in slums east of aldgate pump late 1800s |
almost 1 mil |
