Hard times in the East End - distress in West Ham

The densely populated working district of West Ham feeling the pinch of winter very bitterly. 40, 000 persons were on the verge of starvation. A great shilling fund was set up by the Daily Telegraph and the relief work was actively pushed forward by the local clergy, the Salvation Army, the municipal and volunteer workers

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Actively Bitterly Clergy Densely Feeling Fund Municipal Pinch Populated Pushed Salvation Shilling Starvation Verge Volunteer

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