Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree.

  • Seebohm Rowntree
Date:
1902
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STJPP. to 2.30 p.m., the attendance during the evening is considerably smaller than on Saturday night. Of the 211 adults who went into the house, 46 entered in couples, and 10 in parties of three or more. Of the 145 men, 85 stayed in the house for a quarter of an hour or more, but only 2 out of the 66 women stayed so long. The investigator’s notes upon the clay’s watching were as follows :— “Sunday, July 15, 1900, 12.15 p.m.—All the small shops are open as upon week-days, and appear to be doing a brisk business, especially fried-fish shops. Majority of women standing gossiping in the streets are in ‘ deshabille.’ Children simply swarm—dirty and ill-clothed. During the dinner-time nothing happened out of the ordinary. “ In the evening there were several wordy battles between women neighbours, the language being very bad. Weather being very warm, men, women, and children are sitting on pavement most of the evening. Between 7 and 8 three men endeavoured to hold a gospel meeting, but retired after singing a hymn and giving a short address; the people apparently took no notice, but continued their conversations. Several men entered the public-house during the short time the meeting was on.” The same house was again watched on Wednesday, July 18, 1900, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. It was not thought necessary to watch it before 11 a.m., as the numbers entering were not likely to be materially different from the number who entered on the Satur- day morning. The result of the watching is shown in the following table :— O