Volume 2 — INDEX.
Reading edition
Articles for amusement, second-hand sellers of, 16
Bear-baiting, 54
Bedding, &c., second-hand sellers of, 15
Bird-catchers who are street sellers, 64
—— duffers, tricks of, 69
—— street-seller, the crippled, 66
Birds’-nests, sellers of, 72
—— —— —— life of a, 74
Birds, stuffed, sellers of, 23
—— live, sellers of, 58
—— foreign, sellers of, 70
Bone-grubbers, 139
—— —— narrative of a, 141
Boots and shoes, second-hand, sellers of, 42
Boy crossing-sweepers’ room, 504
Brisk and slack seasons, 297
Brushes, second-hand, sellers of, 22
Burnt linen or calico, 13
Cabinet-ware, second-hand, sellers of, 22
Casual labour in general, 297
—— —— brisk and slack seasons, 297
—— —— among the chimney-sweeps, 374
Carpeting, &c., second-hand, sellers of, 14
Cesspool emptying by trunk and hose, 447
Cesspool system of London, 437
—— —— of Paris, 438
Cesspool-sewerman, statement of a, 448
Cesspoolage and nightmen, 433
Chimney-sweepers, the London, 339
—— —— of old, and climbing-boys, 346
—— —— stealing children, 347
—— —— sores and diseases, 350
—— —— accidents, 351
—— —— cruelties towards, 352
—— —— of the present day, 354
—— —— work and wages, 357
—— —— general characteristics of, 365
—— —— dress and diet, 366
—— —— abodes, 367
—— —— festival at May-day, 371
—— —— “leeks”, 375
—— —— knullers and queriers, 376
Cigar-end finders, 145
Clocks, second-hand, sellers of, 23
Clothes worn in town and country, table showing comparative cost of, 192
Coal, consumption of, 169
—— sellers of, 81
Coke, sellers of, 85
Commissioners of Sewers, powers of, 416
“Coshar” meat killed for the Jews, 121
Criminals, number of, in England and Wales, 320
Crossing-sweeper, the aristocratic, 467
—— —— the bearded, 471
—— —— a Regent-Street, 474
—— —— a tradesman’s, 476
—— —— “old woman over the water”, 477
—— —— old woman who had been a pensioner, 478
—— —— one who had been a servant-maid, 479
—— —— the female Irish, 482
—— —— the Sunday, 484
—— —— the wooden-legged, 486
—— —— the one-legged, 488
—— —— the most severely afflicted, 488
—— —— the negro who lost both his legs, 490
—— —— the maimed Irish, 493
—— —— Mike’s statement, 498
—— —— Gander the captain, 499
—— —— the king of the tumbling-boy crossing-sweepers, 501
—— —— the girl sweeper sent out by her father, 505
Crossing-sweepers, 465
—— —— able-bodied male, 467
—— —— who have got permission from the police, narratives of, 472
—— —— able-bodied Irish, 481
—— —— the occasional, 484
—— —— the afflicted, 486
—— —— boy, and tumblers, 494
—— —— where they lodge, 503
—— —— their room, 504
—— —— girl, 505
Curiosities, second-hand, sellers of, 21
Curtains, second-hand, sellers of, 14
Dog “finder’s” career, a, 51
Dog-finders, stealers, and restorers, the former, 48
—— —— extent of their trade, 49
Dogs, sellers of, 52
—— sporting, sellers of, 54
“Dolly” business, the, 108
Dredgers, the, or river-finders, 147
Dust-contractors, 168
Dust-heap, composition of a, 171
—— —— separation of, 172
Dustmen, the, 166
—— “filler” and “carrier”, 175
—— their general character, 177
Dustmen, sweeps, and nightmen, 159
—— number of, 162
Employers, “cutting,” varieties of, 232
—— “drivers”, 233
—— “grinders”, 233
Fires of London, 378
—— abstract of causes of, 379
—— extinction of, 381
Flushermen, the working, 428
—— history of an individual, 430
Furs, second-hand, sellers of, 45
Gander, the “captain” of the boy sweepers, 499
Garret workmen, labour of, 302
Glass and crockery, second-hand, sellers of, 15
Gold and silver fish, sellers of, 78
Hare and rabbit-skins, buyers of, 111
Harness, second-hand, sellers of, 23
Hill men and women, 173
Hogs’-wash, buyers of, 132
Home work, 313
Horse, food consumed by, and excretions in twenty-four hours, 194
Horse-dung of the streets of London, 193
—— —— gross annual weight of, 195
House-drainage, as connected with the sewers, 395
Iron Jack, 11
Jew old clothes-men, 119
—— street-seller, life of a, 122
—— boy street-sellers, 122
—— their pursuits, traffic, &c., 123
—— girl street-sellers, 124
—— sellers of accordions, &c., 131
Jews, the street, 115
—— history of, 117
—— trades and localities, 117
—— habits and diet, 121
—— synagogues and religion, 125
—— politics, literature, and amusements, 126
—— charities, schools, and education, 127
—— funeral ceremonies, fasts, and customs, 131
Jewesses, street, the, 124
Kitchen-stuff, grease, and dripping, buyers of, 111
Knullers and queriers, 376
Labour, economy of, 307
Lasts, second-hand, sellers of, 23
“Leeks,” the, 375
Leverets, wild rabbits, &c., sellers of, 77
Linen, second-hand, sellers of, 13
Live animals, sellers of, 47
London street drains, 398
—— —— —— extent of, 400
—— —— —— order of, 401
—— —— —— outlets, ramifications, &c., of, 405
Low wages, remedies for, 254
“Lurker’s,” a, career, 51
Marine-store shops, 108
May-day, 370
May-day, sweeps’ festival, 371
Men’s second-hand clothes, sellers of, 40
Metal trays, second-hand, sellers of, 12
Metropolitan police district, the, 159
—— inhabited houses, 164
—— population, 165
“Middleman” system of work, 329
Monmouth-street, Dickens’s description of, 36
Mud-larks, 155
—— —— story of a reclaimed, 158
Mineral productions and natural curiosities, sellers of, 81
Music “duffers”, 19
Musical instruments, second-hand, sellers of, 18
Night-soil, present disposal of, 448
Nightmen, the, working and mode of work, 450
Offal, how disposed of, 7
Old Clothes Exchange, the, 26
—— —— —— wholesale business at the, 27
Old clothes-men, 119
Old hats, sellers of, 43
Old John, the waterman, statement of, 480
Old woman “over the water,” the, 477
Old wood gatherers, 146
Paris, cesspool and sewer system of, 439
—— rag-gatherers of, 141
Paupers, street-sweeping, narratives of, 245
——, number of, in England and Wales, 320
Petticoat-lane, street-sellers of, 36
“Pure” finders, 143
—— —— narrative of a female, 144
Purl-men, the, 93
“Rag and bottle” shops, 108
Rag-gatherers, 139
Rags, broken metal, bottles, glass, and bone, buyers of, 106
“Ramoneur Company,” the, 373
Rat-killing, 56
River beer-sellers, 93
River finders, 147
Rosemary-lane, street sellers of, 39
Rubbish-carters, the, 281, 289
—— —— wages and perquisites of, 292
—— —— social characteristics of, 295
—— —— casual labourers among, 323
—— —— scurf trade among, 327
Salt, sellers of, 89
Sand, sellers of, 90
Scavenger, statement of a “regular”, 224
Scavengers, master, of former times, 205
—— —— oath of, 206
—— working, 216
—— labour and rates of payment, 219
—— “casual hands”, 220
—— habits and diet, 226
—— influence of free trade on their earnings, 228
—— worse paid, the, 232
Scavengery, contractors for, 210
—— contractors, regulations of, 211
—— contractors, premises of, 216
Scavenging, jet and hose system of, 275
Scurf-labourers, 236
Second-hand apparel, sellers of, 25
—— —— articles, sellers of, 5
—— —— —— experience of a dealer in, 11
—— —— live animals, productions, &c., street-sellers of, their numbers, capital, and income, 97
—— —— garments, uses of, 29
—— —— varieties of, 32
—— —— store-shops, 24
Seven-dials, Dickens’s description of, 35
Sewage, metropolitan, quantity of, 387
—— qualities and uses of, 407
Sewerage, the City, 403
—— new plan of, 411
Sewerage and scavengery, London, history of, 179
Sewers, ancient, 388
—— kinds and characteristics of, 390
—— subterranean character of, 394
—— house-drainage in connection with, 395
—— ventilation of, 423
—— flushing and plunging, 424
—— rats in the, 431
—— management of the, and the late Commission, 414
—— Commissioners, powers of, 416
—— rate, 420
Sewer-hunters, 150
—— —— numbers of, 152
—— —— strange tale of, 154
Sewermen and nightmen of London, 383
Shells, sellers of, 91
Shoddy mills, 30
—— fever, 31
Smithfield market, second-hand sellers at, 46
Smoke, evils of, 339
—— —— scientific opinions upon, 340
Squirrels, sellers of, 77
“Strapping” system, the, illustration of, 304
Street-buyers, the, varieties of, 103
Street-cleansing, modes and characteristics of, 207
—— —— men and carts employed in, 213
—— —— pauper labour employed in, 243
—— —— narratives of individuals, 245
Street-finders or collectors, varieties of, 136
Street-folk, census of, 1
—— —— capital and trade, 2
—— —— proscription of, 3
—— —— rate of increase, 5
Street-muck, or “mac”, 198
—— —— uses of, 198
—— —— value of, 199
Street Jews, the, 115
Street-orderlies, the, 253
—— —— condition of, 261
—— —— expenditure of, 265
—— —— earnings of, 266
—— —— City surveyor’s report of, 271
Street-sweeping, employers, 209
—— —— parishes, 209
—— —— philanthropists, 209
Street-sweeping machines, 208
—— —— hands employed, 238
Streets of London, how paved, 181
—— —— traffic of, 184
—— —— dust and dirt of, 185
—— —— —— loss and injury from, 185
—— —— mud of the, 200
—— —— cost and traffic of, 278
Sweeping chimneys of steam-vessels, 372
Surface-water of the streets of London, 202
—— —— —— —— analysis of, 205
Tan-turf, sellers of, 87
Tea-leaves, buyers of, 133
Telescopes and pocket-glasses, second-hand, sellers of, 22
“Translators” of old shoes, 34
—— extent of the trade, 35
Tumbling boy-sweepers, king of the, 501
Umbrellas and parasols, buyers of, 115
Washing expenses in London, 190
Waste-paper, buyers of, 113
Water, daily supply of the metropolis, 203
Watermen’s Company, form of license, 95
Weapons, second-hand, sellers of, 21
Wet house-refuse, 383
—— —— —— means of removing, 385
Women’s second-hand apparel, sellers of, 44
Wrappers or “bale-stuff”, 13
Young Mike the crossing-sweeper, 498