Nadia Randazzo
Q1. Describe law and order in the late 19th century
In the late 19th century London was a divided city. On the one side the west end was enjoying an affluent life with social gatherings between the wealthy, like attending garden parties and riding horses in Hyde Park. Where as in the east end life was nowhere near so comfortable. In 1885 5,255,069 people lived in London, an increase of over 2 million since 1861, but the people flooding in didn't usually join the middle class West end, but the poverty stricken East. As a result it was crowded; there wasn't enough jobs for everyone and urged people lives of crime. This is shown by the destitute area, White chapel that had 90,000 people and a staggering 47 % lived in poverty (the highest percentage anywhere in London). The Eastenders were isolated, as the better off Queen's London (who referred to Whitechapel as the Abyss) mainly turned a blind eye to their terrible conditions and even shared the misconception that the residents chose their 'immoral' way of life out of enjoyment calling prostitutes 'gay women' when really it was out of necessity and survival. This widespread prostitution was a consequence of the high unemployment, there being 1,200 at least in Whitechapel alone in 1886 with 62 Brothels and huge amounts of 'streetwalkers' who were just normal women who did a nights work sometimes to get their rent or bread. However, more often than not they spent their money on the only escape they had from their hellish lives, Gin. Prostitutes provided the ideal catalyst for crime, attracting unsavoury customers and their usual state being drunk made this worse and criminals' jobs easier.
Q1. Describe law and order in the late 19th century
In the late 19th century London was a divided city. On the one side the west end was enjoying an affluent life with social gatherings between the wealthy, like attending garden parties and riding horses in Hyde Park. Where as in the east end life was nowhere near so comfortable. In 1885 5,255,069 people lived in London, an increase of over 2 million since 1861, but the people flooding in didn't usually join the middle class West end, but the poverty stricken East. As a result it was crowded; there wasn't enough jobs for everyone and urged people lives of crime. This is shown by the destitute area, White chapel that had 90,000 people and a staggering 47 % lived in poverty (the highest percentage anywhere in London). The Eastenders were isolated, as the better off Queen's London (who referred to Whitechapel as the Abyss) mainly turned a blind eye to their terrible conditions and even shared the misconception that the residents chose their 'immoral' way of life out of enjoyment calling prostitutes 'gay women' when really it was out of necessity and survival. This widespread prostitution was a consequence of the high unemployment, there being 1,200 at least in Whitechapel alone in 1886 with 62 Brothels and huge amounts of 'streetwalkers' who were just normal women who did a nights work sometimes to get their rent or bread. However, more often than not they spent their money on the only escape they had from their hellish lives, Gin. Prostitutes provided the ideal catalyst for crime, attracting unsavoury customers and their usual state being drunk made this worse and criminals' jobs easier.
