Survival in Victorian London’s Brutal East End Slums

London’s East End was dark, dirty and dangerous, where a man’s life wasn’t worth ’tu-punce.’ There are many historical reasons for this social divide that created a capital of two halves. The dystopian nightmare that became 19th Century East London was once a very different world – pastoral farmland, becoming marshes close to the River Thames. But industrialization would change everything. The houses built to accommodate workers were thrown up as quickly as the factories they worked in – often jerry built, small and poorly constructed – for landlords to make a profit at cheap cost. They became the overcrowded streets, courts and alleyways with filthy rooms where so many cold and hungry people resorted by night. If you were to find yourself standing in nearly any street or district of East London (Whitechapel, Hoxton, Spitalfields, Bethnal Green, and Wapping to the East India Docks), you would be surrounded by abject poverty and be no more than five minutes’ walk from from a slum. Today, you will hear an account of the people of the East End, who they were and how they survived its brutal streets. 📣 JOIN to support the channel as a Member: 👍 Support the channel (donations): Send a Super Thanks from the video page or Do you like history? SUBSCRIBE and click the bell icon to keep up-to-date. Please support the channel by sharing this video on social media 📲 ✅ It really helps the channel grow so we can bring you more content to watch 📺 Thank you Victorian Underworld (Living Nightmare of 19th Century London’s Slums): Whitechapel (Victorian London’s District of Wickedness): Check out Victorian documentaries (Playlist): Check out Edwardian Documentaries (Playlist): Check out Worst Jobs in Victorian History (Playlist): Check out Criminal Past (Playlist): Check out Victorian workhouses (Playlist): Check out American Slums and Tenements (Playlist): Credits: Narration - CC BY - Attic occupied by a family of ten persons, Descriptive map of London poverty 1889, Dwellings of the poor in Bethnal Green - water supply 1863, The sweating system by Wellcome Collection; Bow Street Magistrates Court by Matt Brown; Early 20th Century sailors by Per Jorgenson; Richard Trevithick’s Puffing Devil On Trevithick Day 2017 by Cornishpastyman CC BY-SA - Great Dorset Steam Fair threshing by Gareth James via ; Old name plate in Devonshire Place by John via ; Image from a book of British political cartoons 1880s by jwslubbock #VictorianLondon #VictorianDocumentary #VictorianLondonDocumentary #VictorianEraDocumentary #VictorianLife #Victorian #19thCentury #VictorianEra #VictorianSlums #HistoryDocumentary #FactFeast