Crime and Punishment - Whitechapel topic

What were rookeries?

Overcrowded slum areas where houses were divided into apartments

How much was paid in a doss house and how much sleep would you get in return?

4p for 8 hours

What was the issue with the Peabody Estate?

The rents were too high

Who could stay in the workhouses?

Those who could not afford doss houses, those too young to work for money

What was the area that you could sleep in exchange for work?

The casual ward

What did criminals often offer business owners?

Protection Rackets

What is anarchism?

The political movement that wished to abolish the government and all forms of hierarchy

How many people lived per house in a Whitechapel rookery on average?

7.5

How many flats were created in the Peabody Estate?

287

When was the Met police set up?

1829

When was the detective branch formed?

1842

What age could police recruits be?

21-32

How tall did police recruits have to be?

5"9

What does the CID stand for?

Criminal Investigation Department

How many policemen per person were there in Whitechapel compared to in the rest of London?

300 in Whitechapel, 390 in the rest of London

What division was Whitechapel in?

H division

What was the name given to the helmets worn by the policemen in Whitechapel?

Custodian

What colour were the Whitechapel police's uniforms?

Deep blue

How long was a beat in the day?

30 minutes

How many murders occurred per year in London compared to just in Whitechapel?

Less than 400 in London, 95 just in Whitechapel

What were brothels?

Houses that prostitutes could use and be paid in.

Who was Jack the Ripper's first victim?

Mary Nichols

What year did the Ripper murders take place in?

1888

What was the date of the double Ripper murders?

30th September 1888

When were the Peabody Estates made?

1881

How many flats were in the Peabody Estates?

287

How many Russian Jews arrived in London from 1881-1891?

30 000

Who were the two main groups of immigrants in London in the 1880s?

Irish fenians and Russian Jews

When was the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee set up?

10th September 1888

Who set up the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee?

George Lusk

When was Mary Nichols mudered?

31st August 1888

Who was murdered 31st August 1888?

Mary Nichols

When was Annie Chapman murdered?

8th September 1888

Who was murdered 8th September 1888?

Annie Chapman

Who was murdered 30th September 1888?

Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes

When was Jack the Ripper's double murder?

30th September 1888

When was Mary Kelly murdered?

9th November 1888

What did George Lusk do?

Set up the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee