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London Labour and the London Poor Volume IV

London Labour and the London Poor Volume IV

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Number of Chapters: 131

Length: 55 hours and 01 minute

Language: English

Subtitled A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.

This volume: Those that will not work, comprising prostitutes, swindlers, thieves, beggars.

Henry Mayhew was a social researcher and journalist who compiled a four volume work in minute detail on the lives of the poor in London, of which this is the fourth volume, published in 1862, and co-written with Bracebridge Hemyng, John Binny and Andrew Halliday.

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1. Arithmetical errors have been left unchanged.
2. The Appendix consists of a number of maps and tables of statistics, comparing the counties of England and Wales. The 'casual listener' may wish to skip these.
Summary by Peter Yearsley and Gillian Hendrie

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Advertisement (Gillian Hendrie)
AGENCIES Part 1 (Gillian Hendrie)
AGENCIES Part 2 (Gillian Hendrie)
AGENCIES Part 3 (Gillian Hendrie)
AGENCIES Part 4 (Gillian Hendrie)
AGENCIES Part 5 (Gillian Hendrie)
Introduction (Gillian Hendrie)
OF THE WORKERS AND NON-WORKERS Part 1 (Gillian Hendrie)
OF THE WORKERS AND NON-WORKERS Part 2 (Gillian Hendrie)
OF THE WORKERS AND NON-WORKERS Part 3 (Gillian Hendrie)
CLASSIFICATION OF THE WORKERS AND NON-WORKERS OF GREAT BRITAIN Part 1 (Gillian Hendrie)
CLASSIFICATION Part 2 (Gillian Hendrie)
CLASSIFICATION Part 3 (Gillian Hendrie)
CLASSIFICATION Part 4 (Gillian Hendrie)
OF THE NON-WORKERS Part 1 (Gillian Hendrie)
OF THE NON-WORKERS Part 2: Table of Offenders and Suspicious Characters, and the associated costs (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 1: of the prostitute class generally (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 2: in ancient states (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 3: among the Jews and other ancient nations. (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 4: in ancient Egypt and ancient Greece (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 5: in ancient Rome (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 6: among the Anglo-Saxons (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 7: among the barbarous nations - Introduction (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 8: among the African nations (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 9: among the African nations (continued) (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 10: women in Australia (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 11: in New Zealand (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 12: in the Islands of the Pacific (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 13: in the Islands of the Pacific (cont.) (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 14: among the North-American Indians (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 15: among the Indians of South America; in the Cities of South America (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 16: in the West Indies (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 17: in Java (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 18: in Sumatra; of Borneo (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 19: among the semi-civilized nations - Introduction; of Celebes (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 20: in Persia (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 21: among the Afghans; in Kashmir (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 22: in India (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 23: in India (continued) (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 24: in Ceylon (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 25: in China (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 26: in China (continued) (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 27; in Japan; in the Ultra-Gangetic Nations (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 28: in Egypt (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 29: in Egypt (continued) (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 30: among the States of Northern Africa; Arabia, Syria, and Asia (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 31: in Turkey (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 32: in Circassia; among the Tartar Races (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 33: of the mixed Northern nations - introductory; in Russia (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 34: in Siberia (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 35: Iceland and Greenland; in Lapland and Sweden (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 36: in Norway; in Denmark (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 37: of prostitution in civilized states - Introduction (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 38: Introduction (cont.) (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 39: in Spain (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 40: Amsterdam; Belgium; Hamburg; Prussia-Germany; Berlin (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 41: Austria; Modern Rome; Turin; Berne (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 42: The City of Paris (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 43: LONDON - General remarks (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 44: Seclusives (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 45: Board Lodgers (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 46: Low Lodging Houses (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 47: Sailors' Women (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 48: Sailors' Women (cont.) (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 49: Soldiers' Women (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 50: Thieves’ Women (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 51: Park Women (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 52: The Dependants of Prostitutes. (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 53: The Dependants of Prostitutes (cont.). (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 54: Clandestine Prostitutes; Cohabitant Prostitutes (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 55: Narrative of a Gay Woman at the West End of the Metropolis. (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 56: Criminal Returns (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 57: Criminal Returns (cont.) (Gillian Hendrie)
PROSTITUTES Part 58: Traffic in Foreign Women. (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 1: introduction (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 2: The Sneaks 1 (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 3: The Sneaks 2 (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 4: The Sneaks 3 (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 5: The Sneaks 4 (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 6: Narrative of a London Sneak (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 7: Pickpockets and Shoplifters (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 8: Omnibus Pickpockets; Railway Pickpockets; Shoplifters (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 9: A Visit to the Dens of Thieves (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 10: Narrative of a Pickpocket (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 11: Horse and Dog stealers; Highway Robbers (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 12: A Ramble Among the Thieves’ Dens in the Borough (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 13 Housebreakers and Burglars Part 1 (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 14: Housebreakers and Burglars Part 2 (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 15: Narrative of a burglar (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 16: Narrative of another burglar (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 17: Prostitute Thieves (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 18: The Prostitutes of the Haymarket 1 (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 19: The Prostitutes of the Haymarket 2 (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 20: Felonies on the River Thames (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 21: Narrative of a Mudlark (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 22: Receivers of Stolen Property (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 23: Coiners (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 24: Cheats (Gillian Hendrie)
THIEVES & SWINDLERS Part 25: Swindlers (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 1: Introduction; the Poor Law (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 2: Street Beggars in 1816; Mendicant Pensioners; Mendicity Society (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 3: Begging-Letter Writers Part 1 (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 4: Begging-Letter Writers Part 2 (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 5: Ashamed Beggars; The Swell Beggar; Clean Family Beggars (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 6: Naval and Military Beggars (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 7: Foreign Beggars Part 1 (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 8: Foreign Beggars Part 2 (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 9: Disaster Beggars Part 1 (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 10: Disaster Beggars Part 2 (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 11: Petty Trading Beggars (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 12: Dependants of Beggars (Gillian Hendrie)
BEGGARS Part 13: Distressed Operative Beggars (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 1: Map and Table showing the Density of the Population (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 2: Map and Table showing the Density of the Population (cont.); Comparison of density (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 3: Map and Table showing Criminality (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 4: Order of Criminality; Years of Crime (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 5: Map and Table showing Ignorance (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 6: Ignorance among Criminals (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 7: Education of Criminals (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 8: Illegitimate Births & Early Marriages 1 (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 9: Illegitimate Births & Early Marriages 2 (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 10: Illegitimate Births & Female to Male Ratio (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 11: Persons Committed for Rape (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 12: Persons Committed for Carnally Abusing Girls (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 13: Persons Committed for Keeping Disorderly Houses (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 14: Concealing the Births of Infants (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 15: Attempting to Procure Miscarriage (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 16: Assaults, with Intent to Ravish and Carnally Abuse (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 17: Bigamy (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 18: Abduction (Gillian Hendrie)
APPENDIX Part 19: The Criminality of Females (Gillian Hendrie)
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