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| Picture No | 12013649 |
| Date | circa 1850s |
| Description | Ballast-heavers 1850s |
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Ballast-heavers or also named as mudlarks at work, labourers dredging the River Thames for the opportunity of finding something valuable amongst the mud. This was when the River was not sanitized and diseases like diphtheria, scrofula and cholera were rife.
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| Source | Engraving in 'London Labour and the London Poor', volume 2, No. 66, page 483 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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