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Workers riveting a girder at a Sunderland shipyardWorkers riveting the centre girder of a turret vessel at Messrs Droxford & Sons, a shipyard in Sunderland
Houseless Poor Asylum, Cripplegate, LondonA variety of barefoot individuals standing around outside the asylum or hostel on Banner Street, Cripplegate, London, operated by the Houseless Poor Society
Malvern Water Cure (11)(11 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern. Costume of the established, doing penance in the wet sheet
Stick Drill, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, LondonBoys perform an exercise known as stick drill at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. They are all wearing identical uniform
Print room at Lloyds Weekly Newspaper, LondonPrinting presses operated by workmen churn out copies of Lloyds Weekly Newspaper, one of the first mass market newspapers, with copies then bundled for despatch on a trolley
Inmates of the Chelsea workhouse, LondonElderly male inmates relax in a garden of the Chelsea workhouse, London. Some are smoking pipes, some are reading newspapers, others are feeding birds
Royal visit to Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth CommonKing Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visit the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum at Wandsworth Common, Surrey (now in south west London), on 24 July 1907
Malvern Water Cure (6)(6 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Rain Bath " You must be shut in for 15 minutes Sir!"
Entrance to Wigmore Schools, West MidlandsThe entrance and receiving block at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. A woman in uniform and a boy stand on either side of the archway
Dining Room, Rowton House, Hammersmith, LondonView inside the dining room of a Rowton House in Hammersmith, West London, with male inmates eating at tables and queueing to be served
Busy scene outside Covent Garden Market, LondonA busy scene outside Covent Garden Market, London. Horse-drawn carts are being loaded up with baskets of fruit and flowers
French Cream room at a sweet factory, LondonWomen handle large wooden trays in the French Cream room at the sweet manufacturers Clarke, Nickolls and Coombs, at Hackney Wick, London. The firm made Clarincos chocolates
Malvern Water Cure (4)(4 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Ascending Douche " Now Sir, please to take a seat"
Navvies building a new railway line, UKNavvies building a new railway line at an unidentified location in the UK. A station building can be seen in the top right
River ambulances Albert Victor, Geneva Cross, Maltese CrossView of the river ambulances Albert Victor, Geneva Cross and Maltese Cross. They were operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to transport smallpox patients from London down the Thames to
Furniture workshop, Barnstaple, DevonMen at work assembling wooden sections in the furniture workshop of Messrs Shapland and Petter, Barnstaple, Devon
Malvern Water Cure (12)(12 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern. Preparing for the packing. " Why my nearest and dearest friends wouldn t know me. I m a perfect mummy"
Childrens Choir, National Childrens Home, Chipping NortonThe so-called Cripples Choir at the National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, opened in 1903 for what were described as delicate and affected children
Matchmakers filling frames with wax strandsWomen working at a matchmaking factory fill frames with wax strands
Main building, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, LondonA view of the main building at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. A young Charlie Chaplin was briefly a resident of the Schools in 1898
Boiler Room, Wigmore Schools, West MidlandsThe boiler room at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The schools engineer and four young helpers stand alongside massive lumps of coal
Filling, weighing and packing tea, Bankside, LondonWorkers filling, weighing and packing chests of tea at Messrs Travers Wharf, Bankside, London. Date: circa 1902
Middlesex House of Correction, Clerkenwell, LondonThe Middlesex House of Correction, opened in 1794, was later known as Cold Bath Prison, then Clerkenwell Gaol. It became a debtors prison before closing in 1885
Band and parade at Mettray Colony, FranceA band and parade of inmates at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France. In the 1840s, the colony pioneered the cottage homes system where boys lived in small
Boys Band, Wigmore Schools, West MidlandsThe Boys Band at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are in uniform, holding their instruments on the steps of the building
St Georges Union Infirmary, Fulham Road, LondonDesign for the new St Georges Union infirmary on Fulham Road, south west London. The architect was Henry Saxon Snell
Plate rolling machine and workers at a Sunderland shipyardA team of men feed a sheet of metal through a rolling machine at Messrs Droxford & Sons, a shipyard in Sunderland
Calton Hill, Prison, Railway, Royal High School, EdinburghA general view of central Edinburgh showing Calton Hill (upper centre), Edinburgh Prison (centre), rail tracks (lower centre) and the Royal High School (centre left)
Dining Hall, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, LondonView of the Dining Hall at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London, with boys and girls segregated at separate tables. Each table seated 10 boys or girls
Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth Common, LondonA view of the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth Common, Surrey (now in south west London)
Hammocks in dormitory, Mettray Colony, FranceView of a dormitory at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France, with a few boys asleep in their hammocks
Kitchens, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, LondonStaff and inmate helpers in the kitchens at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. Kitchen fittings include a large cooking range and two coppers
Hand-operated loom for Axminster carpets, GlasgowA team of five men operate the large hand loom for Axminster carpets at the factory of Messrs Templeton, Glasgow, Scotland
Thumbelina finds a Swallow by the Moles tunnelThumbelina finds a Swallow lying apparently dead at the entrance to the Moles tunnel. She wraps him in cotton wool, and the warmth brings him back to life
Fire Drill at Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, LondonA Fire Drill taking place at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. A long canvas escape chute is connected to a second-floor window
The Lake, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, LondonBoys and a teacher beside the lake on a sunny day at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London
Liquorice room at a sweet factory, LondonWomen at work in the Liquorice room at the sweet manufacturers Clarke, Nickolls and Coombs, at Hackney Wick, London. The firm also made Clarincos chocolates
Four young inmates, Wigmore Schools, West MidlandsFour young inmates (two boys and two girls) at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The boys are in band uniform and hold a trumpet or cornet
Industrial lacemaking machine, NottinghamAn industrial lacemaking machine at Messrs Pratt, Hurst & Co Ltd, Nottingham, with two men at work
Tea merchants cutting and mixing machine, LondonWorkers with a tea merchants cutting and mixing machine at Messrs Travers Wharf, Bankside, London
Malvern Water Cure (3)(3 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Foot Bath " Doing penance in the stocks, for past transgressions"
Sir Charles Wakefield at National Childrens Home, LondonState visit by Alderman Sir Charles Wakefield (1859-1941) and other City of London dignitaries to the London Branch of the National Childrens Homes (NCH), Bonner Road, Bethnal Green, East London
Proposed design for new Hastings Union workhouseProposed design by the architect P.H. Tree for a new union workhouse at Hastings, Sussex. The building actually erected was a rather scaled-down version of Trees design
Boys Playground, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, LondonView of the Boys Playground at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. It is evidently playtime -- a few teachers supervise the large crowd of boys
Cover page of pamphlet, A Night in a WorkhouseThe cover page of A Night in a Workhouse -- an undercover expose of conditions in the casual ward of the Lambeth workhouse in London
Poor Priests Hospital, Canterbury, KentView of the Poor Priests Hospital on what is now Stour Street in Canterbury, Kent, dating back to the 12th century. In 1727, the building was adopted for use as the citys workhouse. It is now a museum
New army recruits, St Georges Barraacks, LondonA batch of new army recruits arrive at St Georges Barracks, London. Three uniformed men are there to process them
