Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 46 1889 67.38 The images in the pamphlet

The images in the pamphlet have been reproduced 'photomechanically'

Tom overturns a watchman's box

Street photographer on Westminster Bridge

The battered and exhausted Britain of 1945 was desperate for workers - to rebuild

east London

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 46 1889 67.38 The images in the pamphletSection 46 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Bird Street in the North West; Munton Road in the North East; Bowyer New Church Road in the South East and Foxley Road in the South West. The districts covered are Camberwell, Kennington and Walworth.