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Cartoon attacking the City of Belfast Christian Civic Union, 1906
Poverty and public health in Belfast, 1888-1914
Charity
Alongside state-sponsored relief, the poor of Belfast also turned to multiple charitable and voluntary organisations for support. Street directories for nineteenth-century Belfast list the multiple charitable and voluntary organisations that existed…
Charter granting Belfast City status, 1888
Poverty and public health in Belfast, 1888-1914
Growing Pains
Belfast’s economic success and growth was not without its price. The city experienced increased problems of overcrowding, housing, sanitation and public health. While the existing housing stock was of good quality, it was seriously inadequate for the…
Hemsworth Street, Belfast, 1912 by Alexander Hogg
Poverty and public health in Belfast, 1888-1914
Household Return for the McPhillips family of Christian Place, Belfast from the 1911 Census of Ireland.
Poverty and public health in Belfast, 1888-1914