d: organisation of policing in whitechapel

the division of the met police responsible for whitechapel was

h division

H division was run by ………… with …………….

a superintendent and a chief inspector, 27 inspectors and 37 sergeants and also around 500 constables on the beat and 15 detectives

the police were ……………… so H division would turn ……………. and sometimes h division carried out …… like ………….

overstretched and understaffed, a blind eye to fights and criminality in some instances, social tasks, conducting people to work houses and hosting soup kitchens

there was high levels of ……, which meant that …

poverty and unemployment, crime levels were high in Whitechapel

there were practical difficulties involved in ………. because ………..

policing rookeries and pursuing criminals, there was narrow alleyways and courts with poor lighting and multiple entrances and exits

……. was common, and it was seen as a ………. that needed to be monitored. by …. it was estimated that there were …… in Whitechapel and ……….. prostitutes, women who became prostitutes were …..

prostitution, a social problem, 1888, 62 brothels, 1200 prostitutes, vulnerable to assault and rape

with no reliable ………, …. were common and they were illegal, but police turned a blind eye, they were performed in …………….

contraception available, abortions, bad conditions that meant many women died from infection or surgical shock

alcoholism was common and ……………, in just …..mile of the whitechapel road, there were …….. and there was also a number of ……….

gin was cheap, 1, 45 buildings serving as pubs or gin palaces, opium dens

some of the violence in white chapel was stirred by ……….. like the ……………., who were both made up of …….

gangs, bessarabian tigers and the odessians, immigrants from eastern europe

gangs would run ……… where they ……

protection rackets, would demand money from small businesses and smash up shops or markets of anyone who refused

ordinary people were ……… and this made it difficult to …….

afraid to report gang members to the police, gather enough evidence to arrest them

when local residents became frustrated by ………………. a group of Whitechapel ………….. set up the ………….. on ………..

the police’s failure to solve the jack the ripper murders, businessmen and traders, Whitechapel vigilance committee, 10th September 1888

local residents were particularly frustrated by the ………………… so they organised their own ….

refusal of the home secretary, Henry Matthews, to offer financial rewards for the murderer’s arrest, reward systemt

the Whitechapel vigilance committee also took to …………….. armed with …………… trying to ……….

to the streets at night, burning planks for woods, whistles ad hob nailed boots, make as much noise as possible

some historians think the committee …………. and were deliberately trying to ……….

secretly supported the SDF, undermine the police