Whitechapel

Poverty

30-40% of east end lived in poverty, work was paid low, people relied on soup kitchens and charity

Overcrowding

over 80,000 people lived in whitechapel, leading to poor sanitation

Lodging houses

Where poor, unemployed, prostitutes would sleep for 4 pence, Lodging houses can hold to 60+ men, they would often share beds

Immigration

Jews would immigrate to Whitechapel due to pogroms, around 30,000 jews lived in East End

Crime

Under he influence of alcohol was common, as well as prostitution and pickpocketing. Street lights were poor so crime was easier

East End

Close to the docks, slum housing, open sewers and shared toilets with narrow alleyways

H division

The Met patrols with Beat systems, Where Whitechapel is located and the ripper murders occurred

Investigation problems

no technology, false information from witnesses, 1,000 letters sent to the police (most were hoax)

Jack the Ripper

killed 5 woman, sent letters plus human arteries to the police, can cut very well

Mary Ann Nichols

found in Bucks Row on the 31th August

Annie Chapman

found in the backyard of num 29 Hanburg street,Spitfields on the 8th September

Elizebeth Stride

Found in Berners street on the 30th august

Catherin Eddows

Found in the Mitre Square, Aldgate also on the 30th august

Mary Jane Kelly

Found inside 13 miller court, Dorset Street, Spitalfields on the 9th of November

Goulston Street

Key piece of evidence, a piece of Catherin Eddows apron which had blood on it

Flower and dean street

worst slum street, extreme poverty, crime, prostitution and overcrowded lodging houses

How to answer two feature question

Key feature + detail

What source can i use to found out more about policing

H division records, includes arrest records and suspect interviews

What source can i use to found out more about crime

Old bailey Records, London’s main criminal court, shows trials and witnessed statements and types of crimes

What source can i use to found out more about Poverty

Charles booth maps, shows poverty levels street by street

What source can i use to found out more about Public

Newspaper reports, details of the even, how public fear was being projected

One feature of Peabody Estate

affordable housing with clean toilets and showers, washing and toiletry facilities were cleaned multiple times per day to orevent any disease

One feature of Workhouses

it had a strict rule, men and woman with children were separated