Charles Booth's London enables you to search the catalogue of over 450 original notebooks from the Inquiry into Life and Labour in London (1886-1903), view 41 digitised notebooks and explore the London poverty maps.

Maps The Maps Descriptive of London Poverty are perhaps the most distinctive product of Charles Booth's Inquiry into Life and Labour in London. Browse and search the maps Notebooks The notebooks from Charles Booth's Inquiry into Life and Labour in London offer a fascinating insight into how data was collected for the study. Browse and search the notebooks Drink and drugs View all highlights Who was Charles Booth? Charles Booth was an English industrialist and social reformer. Discover About this project Learn more about Charles Booth's London. This section includes information about the project to develop this site, and the Charles Booth archive at LSE. About