Improvements to 1900

• The failure to catch the Ripper led to a review of police record-keeping, leading to the adoption of the Bertillion System in 1894. Measurements of suspects were taken, their mug shots taken, and records stored centrally. There is not much evidence of this helping the CID catch criminals.
• There was also more awareness of the link between poor living conditions and crime. The Houses of the Working Class Act of 1890 started the process of replacing slums with mass low-cost housing.
• The Public Health Amendment Act of 1890 gave more powers to local councils to improve toilets, rubbish collection and other sanitary services.