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LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR
CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE DESTROYERS OF VERMIN.
The Rat-Killer.
Rats.
A Night at Rat-Killing.
Jimmy Shaw.
Jack Black.
The Sewerman.
The Penny Mouse-trap Maker.
Flies.
“Catch-’em-Alive” Sellers.
The Fly-paper Maker.
Of Bugs and Fleas.
Her Majesty’s Bug-Destroyer.
Black-Beetles.
Beetle Destroyers.
Crickets.
I.—STREET EXHIBITORS.
Punch.
Punch Talk.
Scene with two Punchmen.
The Punchman at the Theatre.
Mr. Punch’s Refreshment.
The History of Punch.
Mr. Punch’s Figures.
Description of Frame and Proscenium.
The Fantoccini Man.
Guy Fawkeses.
Guy Fawkes (Man).
Guy Fawkes (Boy).
An Old Street Showman.
The Chinese Shades.
Exhibitor of Mechanical Figures.
The Telescope Exhibitor.
Exhibitor of the Microscope.
Peep-Shows.
Acrobat, or Street-Posturer.
The Street Risley.
The Strong Man.
The Street Juggler.
The Street Conjurer.
Statement of another Street Conjurer.
The Street Fire-King, or Salamander.
The Snake, Sword, and Knife-Swallower.
Street Clown.
The Penny-Gaff Clown.
The Canvas Clown.
The Penny-Circus Jester.
Silly Billy.
Billy Barlow.
Strolling Actors.
Ballet Performers.
The Tight-Rope Dancers and Stilt-Vaulters.
Street Reciter.
Blind Reader.
Gun-Exercise Exhibitor—One-legged Italian.
II.—STREET MUSICIANS.
“Old Sarah.”
“Farm-yard” Player.
Blind Performer on the Bells.
Blind Female Violin Player.
Blind Scotch Violoncello Player.
Blind Irish Piper.
The English Street Bands.
The German Street Bands.
Of the Bagpipe Players.
Scotch Piper and Dancing-Girl.
Another Bagpipe Player.
French Hurdy-gurdy Player, with Dancing Children.
Poor Harp Player.
Organ Man, with Flute Harmonicon Organ.
Italian Pipers and Clarionet Players.
Italian with Monkey.
The Dancing Dogs.
Concertina Player on the Steamboats.
Tom-tom Players.
Another “Tom-Tom” Player.
Performer on Drum and Pipes.
III.—STREET VOCALISTS.
Street Negro Serenaders.
Statement of another Ethiopian Serenader.
Street Glee-Singers.
Street Ballad-Singers, or Chaunters.
The Whistling Man.
Whistling and Dancing Boy.
“Whistling Billy.
IV.—STREET ARTISTS.
Street Photography.
Statement of a Photographic Man.
The Penny Profile-Cutter.
Blind Profile-Cutter.
Writer without Hands.
Chalker on Flag-stones.
V.—EXHIBITORS OF TRAINED ANIMALS.
The Happy Family Exhibitor.
The Original Happy Family.
Exhibitor of Birds and Mice.
“Garret-Masters.”
The Doll’s-Eye Maker.
THE COAL-HEAVERS.
The Coalbackers.
Comparative Table of Drunkenness of the different Trades in London.
The Coalmeters.
The Coalporters.
BALLAST-MEN.
The Ballast-Getters.
The Ballast-Lightermen.
The Ballast-Heavers.
NUMBER OF CHARGES OF DRUNKENNESS EACH YEAR IN THE YEARS 1831, 1832, 1833.
Meeting of the Ballast-Heavers’ Wives.
Lumpers.
NUMBER OF SHIPS WOOD-LADEN DISCHARGED AT THE DIFFERENT DOCKS IN 1849.
TIMBER-DOCK LABOURERS.
THE NUMBER OF CARGOES OF TIMBER, DEALS, AND BATTENS, IMPORTED INTO LONDON IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
THE NUMBER OF WOOD-LADEN SHIPS WHICH ENTERED THE DIFFERENT DOCKS UNDERMENTIONED IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
The Timber and Deal Trade.
Account of the Casual Labourers.
THE DOCK-LABOURERS.
The London Dock.
The West India Docks.
The St. Katherine’s Dock.
Cheap Lodging-Houses.
ON THE TRANSIT OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE METROPOLIS.
The Mercantile Marine.
Turnpike-Roads and Stage-Coaches.
The Railways.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE TRAFFIC ON ALL THE RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE FIVE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, TOGETHER WITH THE LENGTH OF RAILWAY OPEN ON DECEMBER 31 AND JUNE 30 IN EACH YEAR.
TOTAL NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON RAILWAYS.
Inland Navigation.
LONDON WATERMEN, LIGHTERMEN, AND STEAMBOAT-MEN.
The Thames Watermen.
The Lightermen and Bargemen.
Steam Navigation.
LONDON OMNIBUS DRIVERS AND CONDUCTORS.
Origin of Omnibuses.
Omnibus Proprietors.
Omnibus Drivers.
Omnibus Conductors.
Omnibus Timekeepers.
Hackney-Coach and Cabmen.
A RETURN OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS LICENSED AS HACKNEY-DRIVERS, STAGE-DRIVERS, CONDUCTORS, AND WATERMEN, FROM THE YEARS 1843 TO 1850.
Hackney-Coaches and Cabs.
Introduction of Cabs.
Character of Cabdrivers.
The Watermen.
Suggestions for Regulating the Trade.
Account of Crime amongst Cabmen.
CARMEN AND PORTERS.
The Carrying Trade.
The London Carmen
The Porters, &c.
LONDON VAGRANTS.
THE AGES OF APPLICANTS FOR SHELTER AT THE CENTRAL ASYLUM, PLAYHOUSE-YARD, WHITECROSS-STREET, IN THE YEAR 1849.
Characteristics of the various Classes of Vagrants.
Statements of Vagrants.
Statement of a Returned Convict.
Lives of the Boy Inmates of the Casual Wards of the London Workhouses.
Increase and Decrease of Number of Applicants to Casual Wards of London Workhouses.
VAGRANTS, OR TRAMPS, ADMITTED INTO THE WORKHOUSES OF THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS DURING THE YEARS 1847-8 AND 1848-9.
Estimate of Numbers and Cost of Vagrants.
Routes of the Vagrants.
NUMBER OF VAGRANTS RELIEVED IN THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES ON THE 1st OF JULY, 1848.
London Vagrants’ Asylums for the Houseless.
PLACES TO WHICH THE INDIVIDUALS SHELTERED BY THE HOUSELESS POOR SOCIETY DURING THE WINTER 1848-49 APPEARED TO BELONG.
Asylum for the Houseless Poor.
Description of the Asylum for the Houseless.
Charities and Sums given to the Poor.
MEETING OF TICKET-OF-LEAVE MEN.
INDEX.
FOOTNOTES
Transcriber's Note
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