Housing Flashcards

Housing

1
Q

Rookeries

A

slum areas of terribly overcrowded and filthy housing, crime and poverty were notorious

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What was Flower and Dean street and what was its death rate?

A

A rookery that had a reputation for thieves, drunkards and prostitutes, 50 in 1000+ was the annual death rate after 1865

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3
Q

What were Doss houses and how many were there in whitechapel?

A

Lodging houses in rookeries, there were over 200 in Whitechapel where people stayed overnight, even on shifts. They had outside toilets

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4
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Workhouse/Casual Ward

A

Last resort, families were segregated, made to do hard work such as cleaning and picking oakum

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5
Q

How many inmates could the Casual Ward contain?

A

400 inmates

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6
Q

Number of spaces at the Casual
Ward for those who just wanted
to stay for one night

A

60

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7
Q

What was the Peabody estate?

A

Blocks of flats designed for better living conditions and affordable rents that were built after slum clearance by the Peabody Trust

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8
Q

What improvements did the Peabody Estate contain?

A

Unplastered walls to keep out lice, brick walls, yards to improve ventilation

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9
Q

How many Peabody flats were built in 1881?

A

287 flats

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10
Q

Types of employment in Whitechapel

A

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)

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11
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How many people were living in each acre in Whitechapel?

A

188.6 people per acre

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12
Q

What was the amount of square footage per person?

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25.6

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