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London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 2
Henry Mayhew
· Sociology · 97 章
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LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR
Chapter 2
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTION.
Of the Street-Sellers of Second-Hand Miscellaneous Articles.
Of the Wholesale Business at the Old Clothes Exchange.
Of the Street-Sellers of Petticoat and Rosemary-Lanes.
Of the Second-Hand Sellers of Smithfield-market.
Of the Present Street-Sellers of Dogs.
Of the Street Sellers of Live Birds.
Of the Street-Sellers of Birds’-Nests.
Of the Street-Sellers of Snails, Frogs, Worms, Snakes, Hedgehogs, etc.
Of the Street-Sellers of Salt.
Of the River Beer-Sellers, or Purl-Men.
Income, or “Takings,” of the Street-Sellers of Second-hand Articles.
Of the Street-Buyers of Waste (Paper).
Of the Street-Buyers of Umbrellas and Parasols.
Of the Politics, Literature, and Amusements of the Jews.
Of the Street-Buyers of Tea-Leaves.
Of the Dredgers, or River Finders.
Of the Mud-Larks.
TABLE SHOWING THE INCREASE OF THE POPULATION AND INHABITED HOUSES, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND HOUSES TO EACH ACRE, AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONS TO EACH HOUSE IN THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE METROPOLIS IN 1841-51.
Of the Dustmen of London.
Of the London Sewerage and Scavengery.
A TABLE SHOWING THE SEVERAL DIVISIONS OF THE METROPOLIS CLEANSED BY THE SCAVENGERS AND PARISH MEN, THE NAMES OF THE CONTRACTORS, THE NUMBER OF MEN AND CARTS EMPLOYED IN COLLECTING, THE QUANTITY OF DUST AND MUD COLLECTED DAILY IN THE STREETS IN DRY AND WET WEATHER, WITH THE ANNUAL VALUE OF THE WHOLE.
Aggregate Loss upon Clothes worn in London.
Yearly Total of the Gross Quantity of Street-Refuse, with the Proportionate Quantity of “Mac” collected from the macadamized Thoroughfares of the Metropolis.
Of the Contractors for Scavengery.
TABLE SHOWING THE DIVISION OF LABOUR, MODE AND RATES OF PAYMENT, NATURE OF WORK PERFORMED, TIME UNEMPLOYED, AND AVERAGE EARNINGS OF THE OPERATIVE SCAVAGERS OF LONDON.
Statement of a “Regular Scavager.”
Of the Worse Paid Scavagers, or those working for Scurf[18] Employers.
TABLE SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS’ MEN AT PRESENT EMPLOYED TO SWEEP THE STREETS BY HAND, AND THE NUMBER THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SWEEP THE SAME DISTRICTS BY MACHINE WORK, TOGETHER WITH THE AMOUNT OF WAGES ACCRUING TO EACH.
Of the Cleansing of the Streets by Pauper Labour.
EMPLOYMENT OF STREET-ORDERLIES.
“Expenditure by the Employment of Street-Orderlies.
Of the “Jet and Hose” System of Scavaging.
STREET TRAFFIC. TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES AND HORSES PASSING THROUGH CERTAIN THOROUGHFARES WITHIN THE CITY OF LONDON, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8 A.M. AND 8 P.M., UPON CERTAIN DAYS DURING THE YEAR 1850.
Decrease in the Number of Houses throughout London between 1841 and 1851.
TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF OPERATIVE RUBBISH-CARTERS EMPLOYED THROUGHOUT LONDON, THE WAGES RECEIVED BY THEM, THE NUMBER OF WEEKS THEY ARE EMPLOYED, AS WELL AS THE QUANTITY OF RUBBISH REMOVED BY THEM IN THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
Chapter 41
Of Casual Labour in General, and that of the Rubbish-Carters in Particular.
Chapter 43
Of the Casual Labourers among the Rubbish-Carters.
Of the Scurf Trade among the Rubbish-Carters.
Chapter 46
Of the Sweepers of Old, and the Climbing Boys.
Of the Chimney-Sweepers of the Present Day.
A TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF MASTER CHIMNEY SWEEPERS RESIDING IN THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS OF THE METROPOLIS, THE NUMBER OF FOREMEN, OF JOURNEYMEN, AND UNDER JOURNEYMEN EMPLOYED IN EACH DISTRICT DURING THE YEAR, AS WELL AS THE WEEKLY WAGES OF EACH CLASS.
Chapter 50
Of the Inferior Chimney-Sweepers—the “Knullers” and “Queriers.”
Of the Wet House-Refuse of London.
Of the Subterranean Character of the Sewers.
Of the City Sewerage.
Of the Management of the Sewers and the late Commissions.
II. TOLLS, DUES, AND FEES.
TABLE SHOWING THE DISTRICTS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS; ALSO THE NUMBER AND SALARIES OF THE CLERKS OF THE WORKS, ASSISTANT CLERKS OF THE WORKS, AND INSPECTORS OF FLUSHING, PAID BY THE COMMISSIONERS, AND THE NUMBER AND WAGES PAID TO THE FLUSHERMEN BY THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS.
Of the Cesspool and Sewer System of Paris.
Of the Emptying of the London Cesspools by Pump and Hose.
TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF MASTER-SWEEPS, DUST, AND OTHER CONTRACTORS, AND MASTER-BRICKLAYERS, THROUGHOUT THE METROPOLIS, ENGAGED IN NIGHT-WORK, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF CESSPOOLS EMPTIED, AND QUANTITY OF SOIL COLLECTED YEARLY. ALSO THE PRICE PAID TO EACH OPERATIVE PER LOAD, OR PER NIGHT, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT ANNUALLY PAID TO THE MASTER-NIGHTMEN.
MASTER-BRICKLAYERS ENGAGED AS NIGHTMEN.
A TABLE SHOWING THE QUANTITY OF REFUSE BOUGHT, COLLECTED, OR FOUND, IN THE STREETS OF LONDON.
2. The Able-bodied Female Crossing-Sweepers.
B. The Afflicted Crossing-Sweepers.
A. The Boy Crossing-Sweepers.
B. The Girl Crossing-Sweepers.
INDEX.
FOOTNOTES
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Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97