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  • What do housing and employment records indicate?
    Overcrowding and types of jobs
  • What information might council records provide?
    Living conditions and sanitation focus
  • How often does the census occur?

    Every ten years
  • What details does the census collect about individuals?
    Names, ages, sex, occupation, birthplace
  • Who was Charles Booth?
    A philanthropist who studied poverty
  • What was the focus of Charles Booth's survey in 1886?
    Poverty in London
  • What conclusion did Charles Booth reach about poverty in the East End of London?
    35% lived in abject poverty
  • What do workhouse records provide insight into?
    Poverty levels
  • What information can local police records provide?
    Crimes committed and arrests made
  • Why might local police records be misleading?
    Depend on officer's reports and arrests
  • What do coroners' reports reveal?
    How people died and illness levels
  • Why were photographs rare among the general public in the past?
    Cameras were heavy and expensive
  • What did London newspapers report on?
    Crimes and police investigations
  • How did London newspapers often portray police investigations?
    They were often anti-police and sensationalized
  • What are freedom licenses?
    Official release papers for prisoners
  • What do freedom licenses provide records of?
    Convictions and punishments
  • What do national newspapers detail?
    Crime and police investigations
  • Why might records of crime and police investigations be misleading?
    Depend on officer's reports and arrests
  • What was the Old Bailey?
    The Central Criminal Court in London
  • What type of records does the Old Bailey keep?
    Records of trials and witness statements
  • What do Punch cartoons illustrate?
    Attitudes towards government and affairs
  • Who were James Bent and Richard Jervis?
    Two Lancashire policemen who wrote memoirs
  • What do the memoirs of Bent and Jervis provide?
    A detailed picture of police work
  • What common issue did Bent and Jervis highlight in their memoirs?
    Violence between police and locals