Crumbling houses in London, 1850s

"There's nae luck about the house!" Cartoon and comment about house-building in London in the 1850s. The houses are falling down, propped up by miserable crutches, their allowance of bricks and mortar so paltry they are ready to drop. Swarming with inhabitants, oppressed by heavy goods, with a miserly landlord, a reckless tenant, and the Corporation undermining me, what can a poor house do?"

1853 Crumbling House-building Housebuilding Jun21 Propped

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