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

  • Seebohm Rowntree
Date:
1902
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Credit: Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STREET. arners. Remarks. Sex. Lodgers. Note— F. = Girl) The numbers indicate Age Female. M. = Boy/ the ages. 23 Day Domestic Very clean and respectable. 21 n j> 21 n >i * ' jj n ... • * • • Tidy. Wife, washing M. 8, S, school. Tidy. Sink near door, bad. Tidy. M. 13, 7, 4, F. 6, 9 months. Tidy. 22 Laundry .... F. 12, at home. Tidy. Overcrowded, Wife goes out charing. neighbours complain. 30 Laundry .... •• Respectable and tidy. Five children under nine. Untidy, over- « crowded. F. 3, M. 3. Tidy. 22 Cocoa Works M. Clerk . Respectable. B # Very tidy. Attends shop . . , , M. 12, 9, 7. Respectable. 16 Cocoa Works. M. Labourer . Both get parish relief. Wife aged 79. M 2, 4 months. Fair. Tidy. Wife chars .... M. 13, imbecile. Tidy. F. 10, M. 7, F. 3. Tidy. F. 7, M. 9, 4, F. 2. Tidy. Tidy and respectable. 15 Day work .... F. 10. Tidy. Lives alone. Assists in house . M. 14, F. S, school; M. 1£. Very poor, but tidy. 15 Wife attends shop M. Labourer. . . Wife chars .... M. Engine Cleaner . Untidy woman, addicted to drink. Clean and respectable. Parish relief. • • •• • • M. 11, school. Respectable. F. 2, M. 1. Clean. 25 (Sister) Laundry . • , , , Respectable. Parish relief. 50 (Mother) keeps house. . . . . Comfortable and tidy. Parish relief. 14 Cocoa Works Wife, Laundry. Tidy. 25 Works in fields . M. Corporation Tidy. Labourer . . . . . . # . Tidy. 4i Wife chars ' * F. 4£, 2k M. 4 months. Tidy. F. 12, 9, 1. Untidy. . . . . Clean, but very poor. Man getting too old for work. • • Wife chops and sells wood • • Unsteady; house untidy.