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544.01cheeks kissed at levee by late marquess of Zetland, sharing closet
–544.01+Marquess of Zetland: Irish Lord-Lieutenant, 1889-92
–544.01+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 33: 'This house shares one closet with eight other houses'
544.02which is profusely written over with eleven other subscribers,
–544.02+
544.03once respectable, open hallway pungent of Baltic dishes, bangs
–544.03+VI.B.29.141c (o): 'once respectable' (Cluster: Respectable)
–544.03+VI.B.29.145c (o): 'open hallway redolent of Baltic dishes'
544.04kept woman's head against wall thereby disturbing neighbours,
–544.04+VI.B.29.140o (o): 'neighbours complain'
–544.04+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 25: 'Overcrowded, neighbours complain'
544.05private chapel occupies return landing, removal every other
–544.05+VI.B.29.138j (o): 'removal'
–544.05+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 15: 'the results of an inquiry must necessarily be affected by removals'
544.06quarter day, case one of peculiar hopelessness, most respectable,
–544.06+VI.B.29.143i (o): 'one of peculiar hopelessness'
–544.06+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 46: (of "unfit" workmen) 'The position of these workmen is one of peculiar hopelessness'
–544.06+Cluster: Respectable
544.07nightsoil has to be removed through snoring household, eccen-
–544.07+VI.B.29.146g (o): 'nightsoil has to be removed through house'
–544.07+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 51: 'This house has an earth closet; when it is emptied the night soil has to be removed through the house'
544.08tric naval officer not quite steady enjoys weekly churchwarden
–544.08+VI.B.29.140g (o): 'husband not quite steady'
–544.08+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 19: 'Husband not quite steady'
–544.08+churchwarden: long-stemmed pipe
544.09and laugh while reading foreign pictorials on clumpstump before
–544.09+VI.B.29.137l (o): 'clog stump'
–544.09+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 3: 'Before many a house was a clog, or stump of wood, on which its owner often sat and gossiped with his neighbours'
544.10door, known as the trap, widow rheumatic and chars, haunted,
–544.10+VI.B.29.140q (o): 'widow chars'
–544.10+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 16: 'Widow, chars' (i.e. works as charwoman)
–544.10+HCE (Motif: HCE)
544.11condemned and execrated, of dubious respectability, tools too
–544.11+VI.B.29.138d (o): 'condemned'
–544.11+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 4: 'Old dwelling-houses are constantly being pulled down, either because they are condemned, or because the site is wanted for business purposes'
–544.11+Cluster: Respectable
–544.11+VI.B.29.140s (o): 'tools too costly or pledged'
–544.11+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 27: 'in assessing wages, allowance has been made for... cost of tools'
–544.11+VI.B.29.169f (o): 'uninsured tools'
–544.11+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 358: (of Friendly Societies) 'Some of the Societies add other benefits, such as... insurance of tools'
544.12costly pledged or uninsured, reformed philanthropist whenever
–544.12+
544.13feasible takes advantage of unfortunates against dilapidating
–544.13+VI.B.29.144a (o): 'enjoys unfortunates against ashpit' ('unfortunates' uncertain)
–544.13+Slang unfortunates: whores
–544.13+VI.B.29.147a (o): 'dilapidated'
–544.13+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 58: 'The families belonging to Class "B"... inhabit, as a rule, the cheapest houses they can obtain, excepting the very cheap and dilapidated houses occupied by Class "A"'
544.14ashpits, serious student is eating his last dinners, floor dangerous
–544.14+VI.B.29.143a (o): 'floor dangerous for old men'
–544.14+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 36: 'Floor of kitchen full of holes, and dangerous for old men'
544.15for unaccompanied old clergymen, thoroughly respectable, many
–544.15+Cluster: Respectable
544.16uncut pious books in evidence, nearest watertap two hundred
–544.16+VI.B.29.162f (o): 'watertap 200 yardsoff'
–544.16+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 188: 'In many cases the water-taps are at a considerable distance from some of the houses which they serve'
–544.16+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 50: 'The water-tap is quite 100 yards away from this house'
544.17yards' run away, fowl and bottled gooseberry frequently on
–544.17+VI.B.29.149b (o): 'fowl frequently on table'
–544.17+foul
–544.17+VI.B.29.167a (o): 'bottled gooseberries'
–544.17+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 289: (part of a list of food stuffs used by a servant-keeping family) '1 lb. bottled gooseberries, 6d.'
544.18table, man has not had boots off for twelve months, infant being
–544.18+VI.B.29.141f (o): 'Man has not had boots on for twelve months'
–544.18+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 33: 'The man "has not had his boots on" for twelve months. He if suffering from dropsy'
544.19taught to hammer flat piano, outwardly respectable, sometimes
–544.19+Cluster: Respectable
544.20hears from titled connection, one foot of dust between banister
–544.20+VI.B.29.150g (o): '12 inches of dust between banister and wall'
–544.20+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 155: 'The accumulation of dust between the banisters and the wall was measured; it was of an average depth of 9 inches, measuring 16 inches in one place'
544.21and cracked wall, wife cleans stools, eminently respectable, otta-
–544.21+VI.B.29.141g (o): 'wife cleans stools'
–544.21+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 33: 'His wife cleans schools'
–544.21+Cluster: Respectable
–544.21+VI.B.29.137e (o): 'Ottawa'
–544.21+Ottawa, Canada
–544.21+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 37: 'Labourer. Married. Two rooms. Out of work'
544.22wark and regular loafer, should be operated would she consent,
–544.22+VI.B.29.142d (o): 'Regular loafer'
–544.22+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 35: 'Regular loafer. Married. Two rooms'
–544.22+VI.B.29.142g (o): 'should be operated would she consent'
–544.22+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 35: 'Will not give up work, though suffering from a tumour, which should be operated upon would she consent'
544.23deplorable rent in roof, claret cellar cobwebbed since the ponti-
–544.23+VI.B.29.138h (o): 'rent'
–544.23+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 16: (column heading in a table listing houses in York) 'Rent'
–544.23+VI.B.29.156g (o): 'Claret'
–544.23+Thom's Directory of Ireland/Dublin, Dublin Annals section 1490: 'The first importation of claret into Dublin'
–544.23+VI.B.29.145d (o): 'cellars cobwebbed since the pontificate of Leo'
544.24ficate of Leo, wears drill trousers and collects rare buddhas,
–544.24+
544.25underages very treacly and verminous have to be separated, sits
–544.25+VI.B.29.167j (o): 'underages utilized for drink-fetching purposes' ('underages' replaces a cancelled 'children'; only first word crayoned)
–544.25+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 320: 'Very few of the children who are utilised for the purpose of fetching drink exceed twelve years of age'
–544.25+VI.B.29.145e (o): 'children treacly and verminous have to be separated' ('verminous' is followed by a cancelled 'children')
–544.25+VI.B.29.142e (o): 'sits up with fever cases'
–544.25+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 35: 'Wife delicate, but earns a few shillings by needle-work and sitting up at night with sick people'
544.26up with fevercases for one and threepence, owns two terraces
–544.26+
544.27(back to back breeze), respectable in every way, harmless im-
–544.27+VI.B.29.138k (o): 'Back to back'
–544.27+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 16: (column headings in a table listing houses in York) 'Particulars re Housing... Back to Back'
–544.27+VI.B.29.163d (o): 'breeze'
–544.27+Cluster: Respectable
–544.27+VI.B.29.142i (o): 'harmless imbecile'
–544.27+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 36: 'Spinster... Harmless imbecile'
544.28becile supposingly weakminded, a sausage every Sunday, has a
–544.28+VI.B.29.142h (o): 'supposingly weakminded' ('supposingly' overwrites a 'supposed to be')
–544.28+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 36: 'Two spinsters... One is lame, and the other is supposed to be weak-minded'
544.29staff of eight servants, outlook marred by ne'er-do-wells using
–544.29+VI.B.29.138i (o): 'servant keeper'
–544.29+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 14: 'The investigation did not extend to the servant-keeping class'
544.30the laneway, lieabed sons go out with sisters immediately after
–544.30+VI.B.29.142j (o): 'lieabed sons go out with sisters after dark' (the entry is preceded by a cancelled 'sons')
–544.30+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 36: 'Neighbours say sons lie in bed most of the day, and go out with sisters at night'
–544.30+lie-abed: sluggard, late riser
544.31dark, has never seen the sea, travels always with her eleven
–544.31+VI.B.29.147g (o): 'never saw the Sea'
544.32trunks of clothing, starving cat left in disgust, the pink of re-
–544.32+Colloquial the pink: the most perfect degree, the acme (of something)
–544.32+Cluster: Respectable
544.33spectability, resting after colonial service, labours at plant, the
–544.33+VI.B.29.147c (o): 'resting after colonial work'
–544.33+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 64: 'Resting after a life's hard work'
–544.33+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 38: 'Husband, after serving twelve years in India, receiving no pension'
–544.33+VI.B.29.140n (o): 'Labourer at plant'
–544.33+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 22: 'Labourer, Plant' (i.e. at plant)
–544.33+VI.B.29.147d (o): 'the despair is trying the patience of several benefactors' ('the' overwrites a 'to'; 'despair' is followed by a cancelled 'of')
544.34despair of his many benefactresses, calories exclusively from
–544.34+HCE (Motif: HCE)
–544.34+VI.B.29.148a (o): 'calories from Rowntrees and Dumpling'
–544.34+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 90: 'The potential energy of food is usually stated in heat units or Calories'
544.35Rowntrees and dumplings, one bar of sunlight does them all
–544.35+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, JCM: ...Rowntrees...} | {Png: ...rowntrees...}
–544.35+B. Seebohm Rowntree: the author of Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life
–544.35+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 99: 'Dumpling'
–544.35+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 94: 'Professor Atwater's estimates have been confirmed by Dr. Dunlop in a series of studies made upon the dietaries of prisoners in Scotland'
–544.35+VI.B.29.148b (o): 'one bar of sunlight does for January and february'
–544.35+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 109: 'A family of average size use weekly about 1½ lbs. of soap at 3d. per lb., and light will cost from 3d. to 4d.'
–544.35+Sunlight Soap: the world's first packaged and branded laundry and household soap, introduced in 1884
544.36january and half february, the V. de V's (animal diet) live in five-
–544.36+VI.B.29.165f (o): 'The V de V's live in a four-roomed house' ('V de V's' replaces a cancelled 'V's')
–544.36+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 268: 'The V.'s live in a four-roomed house, for which they pay 4s. 4½d. per week rent'
–544.36+VI.B.29.164b (o): 'animal diet'
–544.36+Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 241: 'how far the present animal diet could with advantage in other directions be replaced by a vegetable one is a question upon which authorities differ widely'


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