Victorian Underground Slums! The 'Cave' Hovels of London's Poor

Poor Victorians lived in horrible cave-like dens in St. Giles slum. Find out what what a Victorian investigative journalist revealed from talking to the inhabitants of these dingy basements, which were so fetid and filthy the he considered them little more than caves.

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CC BY - A woman standing in the street in St Giles's London, Hopeless lying on his bed watched by his poor wife, Illustration depicting cramped and squalid housing conditions, Lodging House in Field Lane, Poor people having dinner in a workhouse, Sanitary law and practice a handbook for students of public health and others, The Morning Toilet Seven Dials, Water tank in St. Giles's in-the-fields by Wellcome Collection
CC BY-SA - A priest hole (hiding) behind the panelling in a room called withdrawing room in 16th c. manor house by Quodvultd; Seven Dials north west facing by ClemRutter

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[thisperson]

The comfortable will always call the poor "lazy". Surviving in those appalling conditions would take massive effort.

[throow]

Not much better for poor and sick people today. Businesses, government, counties, aso, goes out of the way to deprive them a bench to sleep on. Disgusting

[Chardonbois]

Brilliantly narrated and produced. Thank you for this vivid image of life in Seven Dials.

[yvonnevanhek]

Thank you for this video, it's really interesting, as always.

[SkyeSage]

This is why our world is in shambles. The poor always suffer horrifying lives ...

[shawnaellcey]

This is a bit later but I do wish you would cover the great rent strike in Glasgow in 1915 from I believe March to December, 1915? They passed a tenet law after that. How the poor were prayed upon!!! 😢😢😢😢😢

[johnbruce]

Another fascinating Fact Feast narrative. Thank you for really bringing history to life. Dudley Street is now Shaftesbury Avenue and there's a print of it by Gustave Doré in 'London - A Pilgrimage' (Dudley Street Seven Dials). It's amazing to realise how deprived this West End London street once was.

[bobcosmic]

Here we are once again stepping into the past. It’s not a Sunday evening if there isn’t Fact Feast. Thanks

[gmaureen]

The People of the Abyss - Jack London (1903) “Of all my books, the one I love most is The People of the Abyss. No other work of mine contains as much of my heart.”

[schnikamckissic]

I enjoy all your shows. Your voice is comforting to me.😊 ha ewarn alot. Thank you

[yvonnevanhek]

The Medical Officer didn't lie, there was not but one. There were many 😂 the media's always been creative with language to soothe the conscience of the fortunate

[mauriceclark]

I. Don't. Think. English. People. Were. Treated. Very. Fairly. It was not. The. Royals. That made. Britain. Great. Or nobility. !! It was. The. Working. Classes. And. Soldiers. Sailers. And. Working. People

[tonibarrone]

What happened to the people when the slum was pulled down? Thank you ❤

[nomansgoddess]

I am working toward my degree in British Literature and folklore however I am compelled by the British Victorian era. I am decorating a room to be a replica of a London Close or narrow alley. I was wondering about the street through the alley? does or did it look like grey cement or concrete? I have my gas light replicas and my bricks right but still yet have not done the street

[michaels]

I think I’ll go grab a beer. Merry Christmas!

[coconutsmarties]

This is such a great find, and a relatively obscure one at that. How do you do it! Great work

[jasonhare]

Wait a minute . Are we talking about Victorian London or modern London .... Pretty sure the pogues have a song about this

[brianoneil]

But remember, the poorest gutter rat was still a citizen of the greatest and grandest empire ever, and thus superior by associations to most other citizens of the world

[johnhenderson]

11:56 Living under those filthy conditions has got to expose you to many diseases and terrible air quality. What I’m curious about is what happens to the abhorrent domiciles when it rained?! The must have filled with some water which would be filthy from the horrible conditions of the dirty floor making the inhabitants more susceptible to disease and infection (Their immune system was likely already weak) greatly reducing their life span. Too bad Queen Victoria didn’t spend less time mourning the death of her husband, Price Albert and more time improving these inhuman living conditions. All the money she spent erecting statues of her late husband could have been used to improve the insufferable living conditions of her subjects and possibly even motivate others to follow her example. However, she was either indifferent or completely out of touch with all the suffering. She did erect enough expensive statues of Albert to improve the life of thousands but that doesn’t seem to have been her priority.