INDEX.

Articles for amusement, second-hand sellers of, [16]
Bear-baiting, [54]
Bedding, &c., second-hand sellers of, [15]
Bird-catchers who are street sellers, [64]
—— duffers, tricks of, [69]
—— street-seller, the crippled, [66]
Birds’-nests, sellers of, [72]
—— —— —— life of a, [74]
Birds, stuffed, sellers of, [23]
—— live, sellers of, [58]
—— foreign, sellers of, [70]
Bone-grubbers, [139]
—— —— narrative of a, [141]
Boots and shoes, second-hand, sellers of, [42]
Boy crossing-sweepers’ room, [504]
Brisk and slack seasons, [297]
Brushes, second-hand, sellers of, [22]
Burnt linen or calico, [13]
Cabinet-ware, second-hand, sellers of, [22]
Casual labour in general, [297]
—— —— brisk and slack seasons, [297]
—— —— among the chimney-sweeps, [374]
Carpeting, &c., second-hand, sellers of, [14]
Cesspool emptying by trunk and hose, [447]
Cesspool system of London, [437]
—— —— of Paris, [438]
Cesspool-sewerman, statement of a, [448]
Cesspoolage and nightmen, [433]
Chimney-sweepers, the London, [339]
—— —— of old, and climbing-boys, [346]
—— —— stealing children, [347]
—— —— sores and diseases, [350]
—— —— accidents, [351]
—— —— cruelties towards, [352]
—— —— of the present day, [354]
—— —— work and wages, [357]
—— —— general characteristics of, [365]
—— —— dress and diet, [366]
—— —— abodes, [367]
—— —— festival at May-day, [371]
—— —— “leeks”, [375]
—— —— knullers and queriers, [376]
Cigar-end finders, [145]
Clocks, second-hand, sellers of, [23]
Clothes worn in town and country, table showing comparative cost of, [192]
Coal, consumption of, [169]
—— sellers of, [81]
Coke, sellers of, [85]
Commissioners of Sewers, powers of, [416]
“Coshar” meat killed for the Jews, [121]
Criminals, number of, in England and Wales, [320]
Crossing-sweeper, the aristocratic, [467]
—— —— the bearded, [471]
—— —— a Regent-Street, [474]
—— —— a tradesman’s, [476]
—— —— “old woman over the water”, [477]
—— —— old woman who had been a pensioner, [478]
—— —— one who had been a servant-maid, [479]
—— —— the female Irish, [482]
—— —— the Sunday, [484]
—— —— the wooden-legged, [486]
—— —— the one-legged, [488]
—— —— the most severely afflicted, [488]
—— —— the negro who lost both his legs, [490]
—— —— the maimed Irish, [493]
—— —— Mike’s statement, [498]
—— —— Gander the captain, [499]
—— —— the king of the tumbling-boy crossing-sweepers, [501]
—— —— the girl sweeper sent out by her father, [505]
Crossing-sweepers, [465]
—— —— able-bodied male, [467]
—— —— who have got permission from the police, narratives of, [472]
—— —— able-bodied Irish, [481]
—— —— the occasional, [484]
—— —— the afflicted, [486]
—— —— boy, and tumblers, [494]
—— —— where they lodge, [503]
—— —— their room, [504]
—— —— girl, [505]
Curiosities, second-hand, sellers of, [21]
Curtains, second-hand, sellers of, [14]
Dog “finder’s” career, a, [51]
Dog-finders, stealers, and restorers, the former, [48]
—— —— extent of their trade, [49]
Dogs, sellers of, [52]
—— sporting, sellers of, [54]
“Dolly” business, the, [108]
Dredgers, the, or river-finders, [147]
Dust-contractors, [168]
Dust-heap, composition of a, [171]
—— —— separation of, [172]
Dustmen, the, [166]
—— “filler” and “carrier”, [175]
—— their general character, [177]
Dustmen, sweeps, and nightmen, [159]
—— number of, [162]
Employers, “cutting,” varieties of, [232]
—— “drivers”, [233]
—— “grinders”, [233]
Fires of London, [378]
—— abstract of causes of, [379]
—— extinction of, [381]
Flushermen, the working, [428]
—— history of an individual, [430]
Furs, second-hand, sellers of, [45]
Gander, the “captain” of the boy sweepers, [499]
Garret workmen, labour of, [302]
Glass and crockery, second-hand, sellers of, [15]
Gold and silver fish, sellers of, [78]
Hare and rabbit-skins, buyers of, [111]
Harness, second-hand, sellers of, [23]
Hill men and women, [173]
Hogs’-wash, buyers of, [132]
Home work, [313]
Horse, food consumed by, and excretions in twenty-four hours, [194]
Horse-dung of the streets of London, [193]
—— —— gross annual weight of, [195]
House-drainage, as connected with the sewers, [395]
Iron Jack, [11]
Jew old clothes-men, [119]
—— street-seller, life of a, [122]
—— boy street-sellers, [122]
—— their pursuits, traffic, &c., [123]
—— girl street-sellers, [124]
—— sellers of accordions, &c., [131]
Jews, the street, [115]
—— history of, [117]
—— trades and localities, [117]
—— habits and diet, [121]
—— synagogues and religion, [125]
—— politics, literature, and amusements, [126]
—— charities, schools, and education, [127]
—— funeral ceremonies, fasts, and customs, [131]
Jewesses, street, the, [124]
Kitchen-stuff, grease, and dripping, buyers of, [111]
Knullers and queriers, [376]
Labour, economy of, [307]
Lasts, second-hand, sellers of, [23]
“Leeks,” the, [375]
Leverets, wild rabbits, &c., sellers of, [77]
Linen, second-hand, sellers of, [13]
Live animals, sellers of, [47]
London street drains, [398]
—— —— —— extent of, [400]
—— —— —— order of, [401]
—— —— —— outlets, ramifications, &c., of, [405]
Low wages, remedies for, [254]
“Lurker’s,” a, career, [51]
Marine-store shops, [108]
May-day, [370]
May-day, sweeps’ festival, [371]
Men’s second-hand clothes, sellers of, [40]
Metal trays, second-hand, sellers of, [12]
Metropolitan police district, the, [159]
—— inhabited houses, [164]
—— population, [165]
“Middleman” system of work, [329]
Monmouth-street, Dickens’s description of, [36]
Mud-larks, [155]
—— —— story of a reclaimed, [158]
Mineral productions and natural curiosities, sellers of, [81]
Music “duffers”, [19]
Musical instruments, second-hand, sellers of, [18]
Night-soil, present disposal of, [448]
Nightmen, the, working and mode of work, [450]
Offal, how disposed of, [7]
Old Clothes Exchange, the, [26]
—— —— —— wholesale business at the, [27]
Old clothes-men, [119]
Old hats, sellers of, [43]
Old John, the waterman, statement of, [480]
Old woman “over the water,” the, [477]
Old wood gatherers, [146]
Paris, cesspool and sewer system of, [439]
—— rag-gatherers of, [141]
Paupers, street-sweeping, narratives of, [245]
——, number of, in England and Wales, [320]
Petticoat-lane, street-sellers of, [36]
“Pure” finders, [143]
—— —— narrative of a female, [144]
Purl-men, the, [93]
“Rag and bottle” shops, [108]
Rag-gatherers, [139]
Rags, broken metal, bottles, glass, and bone, buyers of, [106]
“Ramoneur Company,” the, [373]
Rat-killing, [56]
River beer-sellers, [93]
River finders, [147]
Rosemary-lane, street sellers of, [39]
Rubbish-carters, the, [281], [289]
—— —— wages and perquisites of, [292]
—— —— social characteristics of, [295]
—— —— casual labourers among, [323]
—— —— scurf trade among, [327]
Salt, sellers of, [89]
Sand, sellers of, [90]
Scavenger, statement of a “regular”, [224]
Scavengers, master, of former times, [205]
—— —— oath of, [206]
—— working, [216]
—— labour and rates of payment, [219]
—— “casual hands”, [220]
—— habits and diet, [226]
—— influence of free trade on their earnings, [228]
—— worse paid, the, [232]
Scavengery, contractors for, [210]
—— contractors, regulations of, [211]
—— contractors, premises of, [216]
Scavenging, jet and hose system of, [275]
Scurf-labourers, [236]
Second-hand apparel, sellers of, [25]
—— —— articles, sellers of, [5]
—— —— —— experience of a dealer in, [11]
—— —— live animals, productions, &c., street-sellers of, their numbers, capital, and income, [97]
—— —— garments, uses of, [29]
—— —— varieties of, [32]
—— —— store-shops, [24]
Seven-dials, Dickens’s description of, [35]
Sewage, metropolitan, quantity of, [387]
—— qualities and uses of, [407]
Sewerage, the City, [403]
—— new plan of, [411]
Sewerage and scavengery, London, history of, [179]
Sewers, ancient, [388]
—— kinds and characteristics of, [390]
—— subterranean character of, [394]
—— house-drainage in connection with, [395]
—— ventilation of, [423]
—— flushing and plunging, [424]
—— rats in the, [431]
—— management of the, and the late Commission, [414]
—— Commissioners, powers of, [416]
—— rate, [420]
Sewer-hunters, [150]
—— —— numbers of, [152]
—— —— strange tale of, [154]
Sewermen and nightmen of London, [383]
Shells, sellers of, [91]
Shoddy mills, [30]
—— fever, [31]
Smithfield market, second-hand sellers at, [46]
Smoke, evils of, [339]
—— —— scientific opinions upon, [340]
Squirrels, sellers of, [77]
“Strapping” system, the, illustration of, [304]
Street-buyers, the, varieties of, [103]
Street-cleansing, modes and characteristics of, [207]
—— —— men and carts employed in, [213]
—— —— pauper labour employed in, [243]
—— —— narratives of individuals, [245]
Street-finders or collectors, varieties of, [136]
Street-folk, census of, [1]
—— —— capital and trade, [2]
—— —— proscription of, [3]
—— —— rate of increase, [5]
Street-muck, or “mac”, [198]
—— —— uses of, [198]
—— —— value of, [199]
Street Jews, the, [115]
Street-orderlies, the, [253]
—— —— condition of, [261]
—— —— expenditure of, [265]
—— —— earnings of, [266]
—— —— City surveyor’s report of, [271]
Street-sweeping, employers, [209]
—— —— parishes, [209]
—— —— philanthropists, [209]
Street-sweeping machines, [208]
—— —— hands employed, [238]
Streets of London, how paved, [181]
—— —— traffic of, [184]
—— —— dust and dirt of, [185]
—— —— —— loss and injury from, [185]
—— —— mud of the, [200]
—— —— cost and traffic of, [278]
Sweeping chimneys of steam-vessels, [372]
Surface-water of the streets of London, [202]
—— —— —— —— analysis of, [205]
Tan-turf, sellers of, [87]
Tea-leaves, buyers of, [133]
Telescopes and pocket-glasses, second-hand, sellers of, [22]
“Translators” of old shoes, [34]
—— extent of the trade, [35]
Tumbling boy-sweepers, king of the, [501]
Umbrellas and parasols, buyers of, [115]
Washing expenses in London, [190]
Waste-paper, buyers of, [113]
Water, daily supply of the metropolis, [203]
Watermen’s Company, form of license, [95]
Weapons, second-hand, sellers of, [21]
Wet house-refuse, [383]
—— —— —— means of removing, [385]
Women’s second-hand apparel, sellers of, [44]
Wrappers or “bale-stuff”, [13]
Young Mike the crossing-sweeper, [498]