Poverty

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Title	Description	Keywords	Full details
Charles Booth on-line archive	Extensive information about social reformer Charles Booth (1840-1916) and his seminal survey into life and labour in London (1886-1903).	19th century, Victorian, Social history, Social reform, Poverty, Houses & housing, Employment, Historical Maps, Urban & metropolitan history, London, History	view
Hidden Lives - Children in Care 1881-1918	Unique archive material about poor and disadvantaged children cared for by The Waifs and Strays' Society (later the Children's Society) in the...	Children, Poverty, 19th century, 20th century, Victorian, Edwardian, Social reform, Charities, Houses & housing, History	view
The health effects of poverty in London in 1896 and 1991	This study compares the extent to which late 20th century patterns of mortality in London are predicted by contemporary patterns of poverty and by...	Poverty, Victorian, London, Death	view
The Workhouse - the Story of an Institution	A comprehensive and authoritative archive of information on all aspects of British workhouses encompassing social history, politics, economics and...	18th century, 19th century, 20th century, Architecture, Social history, Poverty, Institutions, Social reform, History	view
UK Parliament Living Heritage	Information on how British Parliament worked with social reformers to improve working conditions and education over the 19th and 20th centuries....	19th century, 20th century, Victorian, Modern, Education, Schooling, Reform, Factories, Mines, Legislation, Poverty, Children, History	view

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