Whitechapel

Cards (19)

  • What was the population of whitechape in the 1880s?
    30000
  • how many were homeless in whitechapel in the 1880s?

    1000
  • Who were the 5 victims of jack the ripper?
    Anne Chapman
    Catherine Eddowes
    Mary Anne Nickols
    Elizabeth Stride
    Mary Jane Kelly
  • what techniques did H division try to catch the ripper?

    Sniffer dogs
    soup kitchens
    Visiting lunatic asylums
    dressing up as prostitutes
    interviewing people with medical knowledge
    Public information
    victims messages
    info from journalists
  • what problems did the media cause H division?
    lots of exaggeration
    people lied to journalists
    caused hysteria
  • what difficulties did H division face when policing Whitechapel?
    lack of housing
    overcrowding
    police distrust
    Whitechapel vigilance committee
    lying media
    alcoholism and drugs
    high crime rates
    prostitution
  • Who were the main immigrant groups in Whitechapel?
    Jewish and Irish immigrants.
  • who was George lusk?

    Head of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee.
  • who was inspector abbeline?
    Inspector Abberline was a detective in the London Metropolitan Police who investigated the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888.
  • who was Charles warren?
    Police Commissioner
  • what did the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee do?

    tried to catch the ripper and carried burning wood on riots
  • who was Jack the Ripper?
    Unknown
  • What was labour called when workers were employed for a day?
    Casual
  • what year did the public health amendment act aim to improve sewerage and rubbish collection?
    1890
  • how many people lived in 31 houses on Flower and Dean street in 1871?
    902
  • what percent of east Londoners were in such poverty that they couldn’t feed or clothe themselves according to booth?
    37.5%
  • what estate was opened in 1881 that contained 286 flast with improved conditions?
    The Peabody Estate
  • how many women did jack the Ripper kill in 1888?
    Five
  • who became commisioner of the met police in 1886?
    Charles Warren