Whitechapel & Jack the Ripper Flashcards
(40 cards)
Who created orphanages?
Dr Thomas Bernardo
What year were the JTR murders?
1888
Name 5 types of jobs at these times
Bell maker, tailor, matchmaker, navvie, seasonal worker ( farming)
What or who is a navvie?
Aka navigators, often Irish workers on canals and railways
2 gangs in Whitechapel at those times
Bessarabian Tigers and the Oddessians
3 groups of immigrants
Jewish, Irish, and Eastern Europeans
Who was the Deputy police commissioner?
James Munro ( favoured by Henry Matthews)
Who was Henry Matthew’s?
Home secretary at the time of murders
Who was Charles Booth
Social reformer, investigated poverty in London, drew up poverty map.
Who’s Charles warren?
Met Police Commissioner ( head of police)
Who set up the CID?
Howard Vincent
When did the CID get set up?
1878
Who was the American that paid to replace the slums?
George Peabody
Who did the government encourage attacks on?
Pogroms, Jews and Eastern European
What was taken every 10 years ?
The census
What were the two types of police in London?
Metropolitan Police and City of London police
Which division of London was Whitechapel in?
H
Name 3 types of housing in Whitechapel
Rookeries, Lodging houses and Peabody Estate
Name 3 types of housing in Whitechapel
Rookeries, Lodging houses and Peabody Estate
Describe the rookeries
Overcrowded slums - dirt, disease and crime
Which Law allowed the government to clear the slums?
1875 Artisans Dwellings Act
What was the Peabody estate?
Model dwellings, paid for by George Peabody, healthier than slum housing.
What were workhouses?
Set up by poor law, offered food and shelter in return for hard labour.
3 characteristics of workhouses
Shaved heads, up to 20 hours of work, all families separated.
