Terrible Victorian Terraces and Towering Tenements (Life in 1800s East End London)

Victorian working class housing was a dirty hovel of a terrace house or a high rise tenement. By the end of the 1800s widespread recognition of the social ills of slum dwellings resulted in authorities building 'model buildings,' (tenement blocks) to accommodate Londoners, whilst rows and rows of small 'two up, two down' houses, which lacked even basic sanitation, ventilation and light were slowly being demolished and cleared away. Standards varied, but many offered cleaner, brighter rooms to rent than old and dirty terraces, but residents of both still lived cheek by jowl. Octavia Hill was a philanthropist landlady, who documented her efforts to improve the appalling state of housing. She was a social reformer who took a keen interest in bettering the lives of London's poor, and did much to bring about social housing. This is her account of daily life for residents living in one of these East End housing blocks, as well as her concerns for how the poor would adapt to living in tenements – for, despite the wretched condition of London's terraces, they at least allowed for the separation of trouble makers and undesirables, instead of being grouped together under one roof. 👍 Support the channel (donations): Send a Super Thanks from the video page 📣 JOIN to support the channel as a Member:    / @factfeast   Do you like history? SUBSCRIBE and click the bell icon to keep up-to-date. Please support the channel by sharing this video on social media 📲 ✅ It really helps the channel grow so we can bring you more content to watch 📺 Thank you ▶️ Victorian Slum Landlords and Nightmare Tenants:    • Slum Landlords and Nightmare Tenants in Vi...   ▶️ Victorian documentaries (Playlist):    • Victorians   ▶️ Edwardian Documentaries (Playlist):    • Edwardians   ▶️ Worst Jobs in Victorian History (Playlist):    • Worst Jobs in Victorian History   ▶️ Criminal Past (Playlist):    • Criminal Past   ▶️ Victorian workhouses (Playlist):    • Victorian Workhouses   ▶️ American Slums and Tenements (Playlist):    • American Slums and Tenements   Credits: Narration - markmanningmedia.com CC BY - Creel with sprat by Georges Jansoone; Dwellings for the Working Classes, Peabody Square Shadwell London, A convalescing old lady asking a health visitor if she has recovered, A London school-board capture, Dwellings of the poor in Bethnal Green, Sanitary law and practice a handbook for students of public health by Wellcome Collection CC BY-SA - A sickly pigeon in the window of the ruin of an uninhabited tenement house by Ivonna Novicka; Tenement Building, Old Bethnal Green Road, E2 by Christopher Hilton via geograph.org.uk; The Boundary Estate centres on Arnold Circus by Clem Rutter; Victorian high-rise Chequer Street, part of the Peabody Trust housing development for artisans off Whitecross Street by Alan Murrary Rust via geograph.org; Bedroom 1900s house by James Petts, Evelina Mansion SE5 by Danny Robinson; Laundry copper by Prioryman; The Old Nichols 1890 and 2016 by Jason C. McDonald #VictorianLondon #VictorianDocumentary #VictorianLondonDocumentary #VictorianEraDocumentary #VictorianLife #Victorian #19thCentury #VictorianEra #VictorianSlums #HistoryDocumentary #FactFeast