19th Century Problems and Crimes

Whitechapel: Problems and Crimes

1. Overcrowding in accommodation

   • Theft of personal belongings
   • Domestic abuse

2. Unemployment

   • Stealing
   • Social disruption

3. Prostitution

   • Abortions ⇒ death of women
   • Assault of women
   • Intimidation of women by gangs

4. Alcoholism

   • Disorder on the streets
   • Violent and abuse behaviour

5. Workhouses

   • Theft and crimes committed in a desperate attempt not to end up in a workhouse

6. Orphans

   • Usually parents died as a result of disease
   • Petty crime
   • Begging on the streets

7. Immigration

   • Tensions between different nationalities
   • Violence between longer-established residents and Irish and Jewish migrants

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