Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 59 1889 Size:small In the years leading up

In the years leading up to and after the Second World War thousands of women left school at fourteen to work in the bustling factories of London's East End

street by street

The districts covered are Victoria Park and Hackney Marshes

is temporarily stocked with imported products

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 59 1889 Size:small In the years leading upSection 59 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Clifton Crescent in the North West; Childen's Road in the North East; Penmartin Road in the South East and Banet Road in the South West. The districts covered are South Bermondsey and New Cross.