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Booths poverty map posted here. Also fantastic resource for those interested in Jewish East End history. Searchable by location or name.
Book lists interviews with Jewish tailors 1888 - 1894 by street, listed names, number of employees.
The oral interviews provide a great depth of information of the daily life as a working Jew in the East end, particularly for those interested in women's work in the East End.
https://booth.lse.ac.uk/notebooks https://booth.lse.ac.uk/map/14/-0.1174/51.5064/100/0
ps. police accompanied the Booth census takers in October 1888 in Jewish quarters, presume for safety reasons. Or a police operation, door to door, targeting suspects involved in recent murders?
Book lists interviews with Jewish tailors 1888 - 1894 by street, listed names, number of employees.
The oral interviews provide a great depth of information of the daily life as a working Jew in the East end, particularly for those interested in women's work in the East End.
https://booth.lse.ac.uk/notebooks https://booth.lse.ac.uk/map/14/-0.1174/51.5064/100/0
ps. police accompanied the Booth census takers in October 1888 in Jewish quarters, presume for safety reasons. Or a police operation, door to door, targeting suspects involved in recent murders?