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Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].

A lower class young woman; representing the St Giles's area of London. Stippple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1783, after J.H. Benwell.

A labourer asks a gentleman for his wages so that he may get drunk; both represented as dwarfs. Coloured etching after M. Engelbrecht, 1715.

Men of opposing social classes in a game of boules; illustrating the faculty of weight and resistance in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Queen Caroline, wife of King George IV, is greeted by people from Marylebone. Etching by Th. Hook, 1820.

The British Museum: working-class people attending a guided tour and looking at exhibits of English history in glass cases and on the walls. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1843.

Life and labour of the people in London. Final volume, Notes on social influences and conclusion / by Charles Booth ; assisted by Jesse Argyle, Ernest Aves, Geo. E. Arkell, Arthur L. Baxter, George H. Duckworth.

The ragged trousered philanthropists / Robert Tressell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Miles.

The Morning Chronicle survey of labour and the poor : the metropolitan districts / Henry Mayhew.

Cruel habitations : a history of working-class housing 1780-1918 / [Enid Gauldie].

Selections from the papers of the London Corresponding Society, 1792-1799 / edited, with an introduction and notes by Mary Thale.

Youth in British industry : a survey of labour conditions to-day / by John Gollan.

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The ragged trousered philanthropists / Robert Tressell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Miles.

The Morning Chronicle survey of labour and the poor : the metropolitan districts / Henry Mayhew.

Cruel habitations : a history of working-class housing 1780-1918 / [Enid Gauldie].

Selections from the papers of the London Corresponding Society, 1792-1799 / edited, with an introduction and notes by Mary Thale.

Youth in British industry : a survey of labour conditions to-day / by John Gollan.