Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 59 1889 Size:small street by street

street by street

The districts covered are Victoria Park and Hackney Marshes

A man is balancing on the backs of three horses and the ring master is dressed as a clown

In the background two burglars are brazenly going about their business in an illustration of the inefficiency of parish law enforcement during the 18th century

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 59 1889 Size:small street by streetSection 59 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Clifton Crescent in the North West; Childen's Road in the North East; Penmartin Road in the South East and Banet Road in the South West. The districts covered are South Bermondsey and New Cross.