Booth- O.MICHAEL

In Booth's "On the City", he discusses how a crowding space is a measure of poverty as well as who is the head of the household and what the wages of the household are. I have to say that i agree with his theory, because there are several boundaries that play a role when deciding how "poor" a family really is. The head of the household, most likely the father, was either involved in one of the trades, or was a field or coal worker. If a family of four or six was crowded into a household with two rooms then there shows a level of poverty. If the family had a high source of income then why wouldn't they want to live in a larger living space? It doesn't make sense to me that they would continue to live in a small area. After viewing Booth's map of London, i was amazed to see how much of the map was covered by extreme poverty. These areas were usually populated by criminals and other vigilantes. I was also amazed to see how there were very few areas that were occupied by middle to upper class families. Booth also states that an individuals occupation determined how poor you and your family were. (The book-binding trade shows results that approximately 44% of those employed lived under crowded conditions which meant that you were most likely poor.