That brief outline takes us to the beginning of the 20th century and now we'll
turn to housing. At the beginning of the century living conditions for the
majority
of working people in East London were very basic
indeed
.
Houses
were crowded closely together and usually very badly built because there was
no regulation. But the poor and needy were attracted by the possibility of work
and they had to be housed.
It was the availability rather than the condition of
the housing that was a major concern for tenants and landlords alike. Few
houses had electricity at this time. So other sources of power were used like
coal for the fire which heated perhaps just one room. Of course the smoke
from these
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