White Chapel

Question 1

What was the H division?

Answer 1

The police force of Whitechapel

Question 2

Name two features of the H division?

Answer 2

One would be beat constables who took patrolled planned routes around Whitechapel
One would be detectives (CID) who would try to solve reported crime
One would be policing Whitechapel

Question 3

What is a rookery?

Answer 3

A slum house/area crowded with working class people

Question 4

Name two features of a rookery?

Answer 4

One would be the poor living conditions. Most were overcrowded housing too many people.
One would be that they were unhygienic. No ventilation, so disease spread quick

Question 5

What was a lodging house?

Answer 5

Temporary, cheap accommodation for the poor

Question 6

Name two features of a lodging house?

Answer 6

One would be that you could rent a bed. This would be for 8 hours

Question 7

What was a workhouse?

Answer 7

It was part of the poor relief system were the most vulnerable were provided with food and shelter while made to do manual labour

Question 8

What were some social issues in Whitechapel?

Answer 8

Poverty
Housing
Employment
Immigration
Politics
Prostitution
Gangs
Alcoholism

Question 9

What was a beat?

Answer 9

A route that beat constables would patrol for criminals or crime

Question 10

Why did people turn to alcoholism?

Answer 10

Because it was an escape from the reality of their lives. Acohol was very accessible due to the many pubs and was cheap

Question 11

What was a protection racket?

Answer 11

Where gangs demanded money to protect small businesses (from them)

Question 12

Why did people resort to crime?

Answer 12

Due to poverty and unemployment

Question 13

What was the peabody estate?

Answer 13

Slum clearance programme. Built 287 new flats with reasonable rent and good ventilation/ living conditions

Question 14

What were sweated trades?

Answer 14

A workplace such as tailoring, shoe making, or match making were employees for long hours with little wages

Question 15

Why didn’t people want to go live in the workhouse?

Answer 15

This is because conditions were bad due to wanting to keep costs low and were mostly full of disabled sick old and orphans.

Question 16

What groups of people immigrated to whitechapel?

Answer 16

Irish for hope to see America after large famines
Jews to flee violence and abuse against them in eastern Europe (pogroms)

Question 17

Why were jews disliked in whitechapel?

Answer 17

Due to due to their willingness to work for lower wages.
Due to their cultural differences and keeping to their own communities.

Question 18

What was anarchism?

Answer 18

The disliking of the government and radical belief of the removal of it

Question 19

What were barnardo’s homes?

Answer 19

Orphanages for children that would of been sent to the workhouse. Each cared for 85 kids. Nearly 100 of them

Question 20

Who were fenians?

Answer 20

Irish nationalists that did not like the english

Question 21

What were the MET?

Answer 21

Metropolitan police ran by, sir robert peel. Policed whole of London

Question 22

What were attitudes towards the MET?

Answer 22

Werent trusted by the working class, so little help was given in solving crime
Heavy criticism from the media as they lacked control

Question 23

Why did women resort to prostitution?

Answer 23

As it was hard to find work, so worked in brothels

Question 24

How many prostitutes were there by 1888?

Answer 24

1200

Question 25

What did prostitution lead to?

Answer 25

High levels or abortion High levels of STIs Domestic violence Assault Murder Rape

Question 26

What did alcoholism lead to?

Answer 26

More crime in violence, assault

Question 27

What were some techniques the police used?

Answer 27

Careful observation Photographs and sketches Autopsy Following up clues Interviews Identifying suspects Bertillion system Bloodhounds

Question 28

What were blood hounds?

Answer 28

Dogs used to find clues at murder scenes by using scents

Question 29

What was the bertillion system?

Answer 29

A way of identifying criminals by measuring their profile using photography and storing records

Question 30

What was an autopsy?

Answer 30

When the victim's body is looked at to find clues on how they were killed

Question 31

What was the whitechapel environment like?

Answer 31

Overcrowded, narrow streets, dark, foggy, unfamiliar areas, rookeries

Question 32

What was the casual ward?

Answer 32

Part of the workhouse were people could work (pick fibres off old rope) in return for a bed for the night

Question 33

How many doss houses were on flower and dean street?

Answer 33

31 doss houses housing 902 lodgers

Question 34

What were effects of unemployment and poverty?

Answer 34

Prostitution Crime Alcohol

Question 35

What were the names of Jack the rippers victims?

Answer 35

Mary ann Annie chapman Elizabeth stride Catherine edowes Mary jane kelly

Question 36

What was the whitechapel vigilance committee?

Answer 36

Group of local people frustrated over the police lack of progress on JTR. Hired 2 private detectives to gain own evidence Patrolled streets

Question 37

Why were the whitechapel vigilance committee a hindrance to the police?

Answer 37

As they found made-up leads on JTR and ultimately got in the polices way

Question 38

Why were the press a hindrance to the police?

Answer 38

As they would atler the truth (exaggerate) to appeal to the public This would lead to rumours and misinformation, making the police be seen as incompetent E.g ripper letters

Question 39

Why were there tensions in WhiteChapel?

Answer 39

Due to the mixing of different ethnicities Irish, jews, anarchists, socialists

Question 40

Why were Eastern European and Irish immigrations not liked?

Answer 40

They would take lower paying jobs in sweat trades, which meant strikes could not happen to rise wages

Question 41

Where did gang culture come from?

Answer 41

Eastern European immigrants

Question 42

Two features of the H Division?

Answer 42

Policed area of Whitechapel. For example, were in charge of JTR case. Two roles within. CID was detectives that try to solve crime. Beat constables went on beats to try to prevent crime

Question 43

Two features of sweated trades?

Answer 43

Poor working conditions. Low wages, hazardous work, and long hours of labour. Variety of services. Such as tailoring and shoemaking.

Question 44

What was the social democratic federation? 1881

Answer 44

Group of agricultural and industrial labourers and women who wanted a socialist system

Question 45

What was bloody sunday 1887?

Answer 45

Socialists gathered to protest about unemployment and new laws. Police used harsh force, injuring many making the day known as bloody sunday. Were heavily criticised. Trafalgar Square

Question 46

Who was Charles Warren?

Answer 46

Commissioner of MET

Question 47

What improvements were made to the police?

Answer 47

Communication, technique,environment

Question 48

What is careful observation?

Answer 48

When constables would clear the area and wait for inspectors to investigate the scene of crime taking notes and clues

Question 49

Conditions of flower and dean street?

Answer 49

902 lodgers in 31 doss houses Houses old and run down High turnover of residents Poor hygiene Overcrowded

Question 50

Who was H Division rivalry?

Answer 50

Whitechapel vigilance committee City of London police

Question 51

Improvement in communication?

Answer 51

Telephone made by 1901 Bicycles 1909

Question 52

Improvement in environment?

Answer 52

Correlation made between an increase in crime and poor piving conditions so introduced the house of working class act 1890

Question 53

What was the houses of working act in 1890?

Answer 53

Local coucil could clear slums and build houses for working class