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- 1Watch CommitteesThis is a group of local politicians and law professionals establish to monitor the work of police forces.
- 2MemoirsThis is an account of an individual's life. It can be based on diaries and various other records.
- 3SanitationConditions relating to public health, especially the provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal.
- 4RookeriesCongested slum areas.
- 5Poor ReliefA system of giving benefits to the poor.
- 6Dr Thomas BarnardoKnown well for opening up orphanages for boys and girls as alternatives to workhouses.
- 7ProstitutionSomeone who offers sexual activity in exchange for money.
- 8BrothelsA house where a prostitutes work.
- 9Gin PalacesWell decorated shops that sold gin cheaply across the counter.
- 10Opium DenThis was a location where the drug opium was sold and smoked.
- 11Metropolitan Streets Act 1867Introduced regulations for street trading, traffic and dogs in public.
- 12AnarchismA political movement that opposes all forms of organised government.
- 13SocialistsA person who believes that poor people would get a better deal if the government nationalised important industries and services.
- 14CapitalistPeople should be free to own property and businesses in order to make a profit.
- 15Anti-SemiticPrejudice of Jews.
- 16SensationalistExaggerated description that desires to shock and impress.
- 17Post MortemAn examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.
- 18DissectionThe action of dissecting a body or plant to study its internal parts, usually for scientific study.
- 19AlibiA claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
- 20Lunatic AsylumsThis was the Victorian term for a hospital for the mentally ill.
- 21Forensic TechniquesThe use of methods and techniques to investigate crime.
- 22Mug ShotsA head-and-shoulders photograph, typically taken of a person after arrest.
- 23The Vigilance CommitteeMembers of the local community who organised themselves to go out at night with weapons and whistles in a vain and revenge-driven effort to catch Jack the Ripper.
- 24SDFSocial Democratic Federation.
- 25Houses of the Working Classes Act 1890The new London County Council had the opportunity to redevelop housing and replace slums with mass low-cost housing.
- 26Public Health Amendment Act 1890Local councils were given greater powers to improve toilets, paving, and many sanitary services.
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