London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 4 of 4)

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Author

Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887

Title

London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 4

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Produced by Henry Flower, the booksmiths at eBookForge and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Unemployed -- England -- London

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 63415

Release Date

October 9, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.ADVERTISEMENT.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.APPENDIX.
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
7. 7.INTRODUCTION. THE AGENCIES AT PRESENT IN OPERATION WITHIN THE METROPOLIS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE AND CRIME. — 1. Curative Agencies. — 2. Preventive Agencies. — 3. Repressive and Punitive Agencies. — 4. Reformative Agencies.
8. 8.INTRODUCTION. — Of the Workers and Non-Workers.
9. 9.CLASSIFICATION OF THE WORKERS AND NON-WORKERS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
10. 10.OF THE NON-WORKERS. — TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF DEPREDATORS, OFFENDERS, AND SUSPECTED PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT WITHIN THE COGNIZANCE OF THE POLICE IN THE YEAR 1837, COMPREHENDING:— — TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF DEPREDATORS, OFFENDERS, AND SUSPECTED PERSONS BROUGHT WITHIN THE COGNIZANCE OF THE POLICE OF THE UNDERMENTIONED DISTRICTS, IN THE YEAR 1837.
11. 11.OF THE PROSTITUTE CLASS GENERALLY. — Of Prostitution in Ancient States: General View. — Of Prostitution among the Jews and other Ancient Nations. — Of Prostitution in Ancient Egypt. — Of Prostitution in ancient Greece. — Of Prostitution in ancient Rome. — Of Prostitution among the Anglo-Saxons.
12. 12.OF PROSTITUTION AMONG THE BARBAROUS NATIONS. — Introduction. — Of Prostitution among African Nations. — Women in Australia. — Of Prostitution in New Zealand. — Of Prostitution in the Islands of the Pacific. — Of Prostitution among the North-American Indians. — Of Prostitution among the Indians of South America. — Of Prostitution in the Cities of South America. — Of Prostitution in the West Indies. — Of Prostitution in Java. — Of Prostitution in Sumatra. — Of Borneo.
13. 13.PROSTITUTION AMONG THE SEMI-CIVILIZED NATIONS. — Introduction. — Of Celebes. — Of Prostitution in Persia. — Of Prostitution among the Afghans. — Of Prostitution in Kashmir. — Of Prostitution in India. — Of Prostitution in Ceylon. — Of Prostitution in China. — Of Prostitution in Japan. — Of Prostitution in the Ultra-Gangetic Nations. — Of Prostitution in Egypt. — Of Prostitution among the States of Northern Africa. — Of Prostitution in Arabia, Syria, and Asia Minor. — Of Prostitution in Turkey. — Of Prostitution in Circassia. — Of Prostitution among the Tartar Races.
14. 14.OF THE MIXED NORTHERN NATIONS. — Introductory. — Of Prostitution in Russia. — Of Prostitution in Siberia. — Iceland and Greenland. — Of Prostitution in Lapland and Sweden. — Of Prostitution in Norway. — Of Prostitution in Denmark.
15. 15.OF PROSTITUTION IN CIVILIZED STATES. — Introduction. — Of Prostitution in Spain. — Amsterdam. — Belgium. — Hamburg. — Prussia—Germany. — Berlin. — Austria. — Modern Rome. — Turin. — Berne. — The City of Paris. — Prostitution in London. [91] — Seclusives, or those that live in Private Houses and Apartments. — DEGREE OF EDUCATION AMONGST PROSTITUTES. — Board Lodgers. — Those who live in Low Lodging Houses. — Sailors’ Women. — Soldiers’ Women. — Thieves’ Women. — Park Women, or those who frequent the Parks at night and other retired places. — The Dependants of Prostitutes. — Clandestine Prostitutes. — Cohabitant Prostitutes. — Criminal Returns. — Traffic in Foreign Women.
16. 16.THIEVES AND SWINDLERS. — Introduction.
17. 17.THE SNEAKS, OR COMMON THIEVES. — A Visit to the Rookery of St. Giles and its Neighbourhood. — Narrative of a London Sneak, or Common Thief.
18. 18.PICKPOCKETS AND SHOPLIFTERS. — Omnibus Pickpockets. — Railway Pickpockets. — Shoplifters. — A Visit to the Dens of Thieves in Spitalfields and its Neighbourhood. — Narrative of a Pickpocket.
19. 19.HORSE AND DOG STEALERS.
20. 20.HIGHWAY ROBBERS. — A Ramble Among the Thieves’ Dens in the Borough.
21. 21.HOUSEBREAKERS AND BURGLARS. — Narrative of a Burglar. — Narrative of another Burglar.
22. 22.PROSTITUTE THIEVES. — The Prostitutes of the Haymarket.
23. 23.FELONIES ON THE RIVER THAMES. — The Mudlarks. — Sweeping Boys. — Sellers of Small Wares. — Labourers on Board Ship, &c. — Dredgemen or Fishermen. — Smuggling. — Felonies by Lightermen. — The River Pirates. — Narrative of a Mudlark.
24. 24.RECEIVERS OF STOLEN PROPERTY. — Narrative of a Returned Convict.
25. 25.COINING. — Forgers.
26. 26.CHEATS. — Embezzlers. — Magsmen, or Sharpers. — Swindlers.
27. 27.BEGGARS AND CHEATS. — THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE POOR LAWS. — Statistics of the Poor Laws. — Report of the Poor Law Board (1860). — Street Beggars in 1816. — Mendicant Pensioners. — Begging Letter Writers in 1816. — Mendicity Society. — A Deserving Case. — Another. — An Impostor. — Another Impostor. — A Well-Educated Beggar. — BEGGING-LETTER WRITERS. — Decayed Gentleman. — The Broken-down Tradesman — The Distressed Scholar — The Kaggs Family. — Advertising Begging-letter Writers. — Ashamed Beggars. — The Swell Beggar. — Clean Family Beggars. — NAVAL AND MILITARY BEGGARS — Turnpike Sailor. — Street Campaigners. — FOREIGN BEGGARS. — The French Beggar. — Destitute Poles. — Hindoo Beggars — Negro Beggars. — DISASTER BEGGARS. — A Shipwrecked Mariner. — Blown-up Miners. — Burnt-out Tradesmen. — Lucifer Droppers. — Bodily Afflicted Beggars. — Seventy Years a Beggar. — Having Swollen Legs. — Cripples. — A Blind Beggar. — Beggars subject to Fits — Being in a Decline. — “ Shallow Coves. ” — Famished Beggars. — The Choking Dodge. — The Offal-Eater. — PETTY TRADING BEGGARS. — An Author’s Wife. — DEPENDANTS OF BEGGARS. — Referees — DISTRESSED OPERATIVE BEGGARS. — Starved-out Manufacturers — Unemployed Agriculturists and Frozen-out Gardeners — Hand-loom Weavers and Others deprived of their Living by Machinery.
28. 28.APPENDIX. — TABLE SHOWING THE DENSITY OF THE POPULATION IN THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1851. — LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THE DENSITY OF THEIR POPULATION, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF PERSONS TO EVERY 100 ACRES. — Counties above the Average. — COMPARISON OF THE DENSITY OF THE POPULATION IN 1841 and 1851. — TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN THE UNDERMENTIONED YEARS. — LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF CRIMINALS TO EVERY 10,000 OF THE POPULATION. — Counties above the Average in Crime. — Counties above the Average in Crime. — THE YEARS OF CRIME. — TABLE SHOWING THE IGNORANCE OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES, DEDUCED FROM THE NUMBER WHO SIGNED THE MARRIAGE REGISTER WITH MARKS IN THE UNDERMENTIONED YEARS. — LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR IGNORANCE, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER WHO SIGNED THE MARRIAGE REGISTER WITH MARKS IN EVERY 100 PERSONS MARRIED. — Counties above the Average, or most Ignorant. — Counties below the Average, or least Ignorant. — THE CRIME AND IGNORANCE OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES COMPARED. — TABLE SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF IGNORANCE AMONGST THE CRIMINALS IN THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN THE UNDERMENTIONED YEARS. — LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THE IGNORANCE AMONGST THEIR CRIMINALS, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO COULD NEITHER READ NOR WRITE IN EVERY 100 CRIMINALS. — Counties above the Average. — Counties below the Average. — THE COUNTIES ARRANGED CRIMINALLY AND TOPOGRAPHICALLY ( to show the local association of crime ). — Division I. — Northern, Welsh, and Cornish Counties. — Division II. — York and N. Midland Counties. — Division III. — S. Midland & Eastern Counties. — Division IV. — South Eastern and South Western. — Division V. — Western and North Western. — Division VI. — Metropolitan. — TABLE SHOWING THE RELATIVE CRIMINALITY AND IGNORANCE OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE OCCUPATION OF THEIR INHABITANTS. — EDUCATION OF CRIMINALS (ENGLAND AND WALES). — TABLE SHOWING THE DEGREES OF INSTRUCTION OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES COMMITTED TO PRISON FROM 1839 TO 1848. — TABLE SHOWING THE CENTESIMAL DEGREES OF INSTRUCTION OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES COMMITTED TO PRISON FROM 1839 TO 1848. — THE STATE OF EDUCATION AND DENSITY OF THE POPULATION IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES COMPARED. — THE CRIME AND DENSITY OF THE POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES COMPARED. — A TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN THE UNDERMENTIONED YEARS. — LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF ILLEGITIMATES IN EVERY 1000 CHILDREN BORN. — Counties above the Average. — Counties below the Average. — THE EARLY MARRIAGES AND THE INCREASE OF THE POPULATION IN EACH COUNTY COMPARED. — TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF EARLY MARRIAGES OF MALES AND FEMALES IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES FOR THE UNDERMENTIONED YEARS. — LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR EARLY MARRIAGES, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF MARRIAGES, UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE, IN EVERY 1000 MARRIAGES. — Amongst Males. — Amongst Females. — THE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS AND EARLY MARRIAGES IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES COMPARED. — TABLE SHOWING THE PROPORTION OF FEMALES TO MALES IN THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. — LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR PROPORTION OF FEMALE TO MALE POPULATION, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF FEMALES TO EVERY 100 MALES. — Counties above the Average. — Counties below the Average. — THE EXCESS OF FEMALES AND ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS COMPARED. — TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH REGARD TO RAPE. — LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO RAPE, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER COMMITTED FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 10,000,000 OF THE POPULATION. — Counties above the Average. — Counties below the Average. — THE CRIME OF RAPE COMPARED WITH THE NUMBER OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN IN EACH COUNTY — THE CRIME OF RAPE COMPARED WITH THE RELATIVE NUMBER OF FEMALES TO MALES IN EACH COUNTY. — TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH REGARD TO CARNALLY ABUSING GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 10 AND 12 YEARS. — LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO CARNALLY ABUSING GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 10 AND 12 YEARS, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER COMMITTED FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 10,000,000 OF THE POPULATION. — Counties above the Average. — Counties below the Average. — THE CRIME OF RAPE COMPARED WITH THAT OF CARNALLY ABUSING CHILDREN IN EACH COUNTY. — THE CRIME OF CARNALLY ABUSING CHILDREN COMPARED WITH THE NUMBER OF FEMALES TO MALES IN EACH COUNTY. — TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS COMMITTED FOR KEEPING DISORDERLY HOUSES IN THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE UNDERMENTIONED YEARS. — LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR BROTHELS, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF PERSONS COMMITTED FOR KEEPING DISORDERLY HOUSES IN EVERY 10,000,000 OF THE POPULATION. — Counties above the Average. — Counties below the Average. — THE NUMBER OF DISORDERLY HOUSES COMPARED WITH THE NUMBER OF ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS IN EACH COUNTY. — TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH REGARD TO THE CONCEALMENT OF THE BIRTHS OF INFANTS. — LIST OF COUNTIES, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO THE CONCEALMENT OF THE BIRTHS OF INFANTS, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER COMMITTED FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 10,000 ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS. — Counties above the Average. — Counties below the Average. — THE ATTEMPTS AT CONCEALING THE BIRTHS OF INFANTS AND ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS COMPARED. — TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES, WITH REGARD TO THE ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE THE MISCARRIAGE OF WOMEN. — LIST OF COUNTIES, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO ATTEMPTING TO PROCURE THE MISCARRIAGE OF WOMEN, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER COMMITTED FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 10,000 ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS. — Counties above the Average. — Counties below the Average. — THE CONCEALMENT OF THE BIRTHS OF INFANTS AND THE ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE THE MISCARRIAGE OF WOMEN COMPARED. — THE ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE THE MISCARRIAGE OF WOMEN AND ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS COMPARED. — TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES, WITH REGARD TO ASSAULTS WITH INTENT TO RAVISH AND CARNALLY ABUSE. — LIST OF COUNTIES, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO ASSAULTS WITH INTENT TO RAVISH AND CARNALLY ABUSE, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER COMMITTED FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 1,000,000 OF THE POPULATION. — Counties above the Average. — Counties below the Average. — TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH REGARD TO BIGAMY. — LIST OF COUNTIES, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO BIGAMY, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER COMMITTED FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 100,000 MARRIAGES. — Counties above the Average. — Counties below the Average. — TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH REGARD TO ABDUCTION. — LIST OF COUNTIES, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO ABDUCTION, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER COMMITTED FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 10,000,000 OF THE MALE POPULATION. — Counties above the Average. — Counties below the Average. — TABLE SHOWING THE RELATIVE AMOUNT OF FEMALE AND MALE CRIMINALITY IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. — LIST OF COUNTIES, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY AMONGST FEMALES, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF FEMALE CRIMINALS IN EVERY 100,000 OF THE FEMALE POPULATION. — Counties above the Average. — Counties below the Average. — FOOTNOTES — Transcriber's Note

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