Housing Flashcards
Housing
Rookeries
slum areas of terribly overcrowded and filthy housing, crime and poverty were notorious
What was Flower and Dean street and what was its death rate?
A rookery that had a reputation for thieves, drunkards and prostitutes, 50 in 1000+ was the annual death rate after 1865
What were Doss houses and how many were there in whitechapel?
Lodging houses in rookeries, there were over 200 in Whitechapel where people stayed overnight, even on shifts. They had outside toilets
Workhouse/Casual Ward
Last resort, families were segregated, made to do hard work such as cleaning and picking oakum
How many inmates could the Casual Ward contain?
400 inmates
Number of spaces at the Casual
Ward for those who just wanted
to stay for one night
60
What was the Peabody estate?
Blocks of flats designed for better living conditions and affordable rents that were built after slum clearance by the Peabody Trust
What improvements did the Peabody Estate contain?
Unplastered walls to keep out lice, brick walls, yards to improve ventilation
How many Peabody flats were built in 1881?
287 flats
Types of employment in Whitechapel
Sweatshops (shoemaking, tailoring and making match sticks), railways and docks, workhous, crime (high rates as residents turned to prostitution and theft rather than going to workouse)
How many people were living in each acre in Whitechapel?
188.6 people per acre
What was the amount of square footage per person?
25.6