How the Poor Live

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How the Poor Live

Pamphlet outlining the conditions of the poor in Dublin, positioned in comparison with the poor of Belfast, London, and other notable towns in England and Scotland. Includes sections on earnings, industrial occupations, dwellings, clothing and bedding, and diet, as well as a concluding section titled 'Betterment of the Poor'. Includes tables relating to tenement houses in Church Street, Dublin, and tables of diet showing sample daily consumption habits of families in Dublin across breakfast, dinner, and supper or tea. Includes photographic reproductions of a market in Patrick Street, Dublin, in May 1903.

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creator: Cameron, Sir Charles Alexander (1830-1921)

date: 1904

format: PRI

identifier: 613_CAME02

coverage: 23pp

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