Key dates

• What year were workhouses established?

  early 1800s
• What year did many Irish people immigrate to England?

  1840s
• What year was Whitechapel’s death rate double the rest of London?

  1864
• What year did Dr Bernardo establish an orphanage in the East End?

  1870
• In what year did the Census show 902 people living in 32 houses on flower and Dean street?

  1871
• What year was the Artisans‘ and Labourers‘ dwellings act?

  1875
• What year was there a big increase in Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe?

  1880s
• What year did the Peabody estate open?

  1881
• In what year did the CID have 294 detectives?

  1883
• What year was Charles Warren appointed commissioner of the Metropolitan Police?

  1886
• In what years were Charles Booths poverty study?

  1886-1903
• What year did Jack the Ripper commit his murders?

  1888
• aproximatley how many prostitutes were there in London in 1888?

  1200
• What year was the public health amendment act?

  1890
• What year was the houses of working class act?

  1890