How tough was life in a working class Victorian house, and what kind of people would you meet there? Find out in this eyewitness account by a Victorian journalist who visits the houses and residents of a typical working class street in 19th Century London. These multi-tenanted houses stood either side of a street filled with dirt and refuse. A place of last resort for the poor or what he calls the 'submerged' – typically men, women and children from broken homes and marriages. In meeting the occupiers, you will discover how, on taking a room, a tenant was trapped by poor wages, high rent and a lack of means to escape.

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