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Life in WhitechapelMr McDonald

This PowerPoint is created using information

taken from the resources created by RusselTarr at Wolverhampton Grammar


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What we shall learn today:

1. What London was like in thenineteenth century.

2. How pollution was a factor in thekillings.

3. How employment was a factor in the

killings4. How the social conditions led to themurders.


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London in 1888

London in 1888 was adivided city.

Just like today, the

West End was thewealthiest area, and theEast End was muchpoorer.

Jack the Ripperoperated in the EastEnd, for a variety ofreasons.

In this PowerPoint we willexamine a number of thesereasons.


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Reason Number One

London was an industrial city and as suchsuffered from pollution.

The smoke and stinking gas fumes chokedthe streets so badly that at times it wasnot even possible to see your own hand infront of your face, this was known as smog

(smoke and fog = smog!) These smogs were called Pea Soupers

because of their greenish colour.


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The Terraced Housing usedcoal to heat the houses andthis meant soot would leave

the chimney with the smoke.This would rise up in to theatmosphere and then land

back down.

The houses in areassuch as Whitechapelwere always near therailways which were

polluting the air!


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Reason Number Two

In the poorer areas of the city such asWhitechapel the housing was poor.

There was no sanitation and sewage ranopenly through the overcrowded, maze-likestreets.

There was little work available for women,

and no help for those women who wereunemployed other than the workhouse. Many were forced to become prostitutes

to survive.


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Prostitution in those dayswas dependent upon thecircumstances of the

women. Some worked inbrothels houses whereprostitutes wereemployed.

The other type ofprostitute was morecommon. These were

women forced to go on thestreets to make endsmeet. All the victims thatJack killed were these

type of prostitutes.


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Reason Number Three

For many such women,their only escape fromtheir terrible lives wasdrink, and they quickly

became helplessalcoholics. The Whitechapel area

had a large amount of

Pubs and Inns to profitfrom the poverty anddepression of thepeople.


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Activities

1. How did the conditions in the East Endhelp Jack the Ripper? (Use as manyexamples as you can.)

2. Which was the main problem that led toJack being able to commit his crimes. (Tryto explain your answer)

3. Which in your opinion was more importantto Jack, the environmental conditions orthe social conditions in the east end ofLondon? (Explain your answer.)

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