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Charles Booth and the Survey Into Life and Labour in London (1886-1903): http://booth.lse.ac.uk/; Includes the "poverty maps of London" indicating the social and economic status of the city street by street.
Child Labour: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.main.htm
Hidden Lives Revealed: http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/; Hidden Lives Revealed focuses on the period 1881-1918, and includes unique archive material about poor and disadvantaged children cared for by The Waifs and Strays' Society. The Society cared for children across England and Wales - in both the densest urban conurbations and some of the smallest rural villages.
London Labour and the London Poor: http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MayLond.html; Not specifically about crime, but a fascinating book by Henry Mayhew, primarily concerned with the lives and work of street vendors and costermongers (published 1862).
The Other in the Mirror: Sex, Victorians and Historians: http://homepages.primex.co.uk/~lesleyah/sexvict.htm; A research article on sexual victimization in Victorian times.
Prostitution in London: http://www.storyoflondon.com/modules.php; Henry Mayhew's 1862 analysis of the prostitution business in London, part of his "London Labour and the London Poor" survey.
A Woman's Place in 19th-Century Victorian History: http://www.fashion-era.com/a_womans_place.htm
Women's Suffrage: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/resource.htm
The Workhouse: http://www.workhouses.org.uk; This site is dedicated to the workhouse — its buildings, inmates, staff and administrators, even its poets...

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