![]() ![]() ![]() A brief search on The Old Bailey database (starting in 1881 when the story was published) revealed crime clustering around theft. These descriptions seem to match Booth’s harsh judgements under the “dark blue” poverty category on the map that surrounded Tottenham Court Road. The surrounding areas contain mostly pink, purple, and dark blue: “fairly comfortable, good ordinary earnings”,”some comfortable,others poor”, and “very poor.” Nearby Bedford Square is colored yellow, signifying an upper class area.īooth’s journal notes from walks with Constables around District 3 (which included Tottenham Court Road) in 1898 include descriptions of prostitutes, drunkenness, crime, and broken windows. My designated area to study was Tottenham Court Road, which is briefly referred to in “A Case of Identity.” Tottenham Court Road, modern view Tottenham Court Road, Victorian viewĪccording to the Charles Booth Archive map, Tottenham Court Road itself was mostly red/middle class, or well to do. ![]()
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