Evil Slums of Edinburgh in the 1800s (Filthy Tenements and Dirty Residents)

The filth and degradation in Victorian Edinburgh’s slum was so shocking as to be scarcely believable. Families living in darkness, heaps of rubbish and human waste on floors of living quarters, enormous holes in rotting floors, drunkards kicking your floors through and the likelihood of a brothel next door – are but a few of the experiences waiting for you, should you have chosen (or more likely be forced through no other choice) to rent a room in a tenement from a landlord who couldn’t care less if your child fell to their death on dilapidated stairs or your mother died of fever from the pestilent air of a miserably ventilated hovel – so long as they collected their money. This is but an example of the depravity and disgusting conditions you are about to discover in Edinburgh’s Old Town slum during the 1860s. 👍 Support the channel (donations): Send a Super Thanks from the video page 📣 JOIN to support the channel as a Member: Do you like history? SUBSCRIBE and click the bell icon to keep up-to-date. Please support the channel by sharing this video on social media 📲 ✅ It really helps the channel grow so we can bring you more content to watch 📺 Thank you ▶️ Edinburgh Old Town Slums (Part 1): ▶️Edinburgh Old Town Slums (Part 2): ▶️ Victorian documentaries (Playlist): ▶️ Edwardian Documentaries (Playlist): ▶️ Worst Jobs in Victorian History (Playlist): ▶️ Criminal Past (Playlist): ▶️ Victorian workhouses (Playlist): ▶️ American Slums and Tenements (Playlist): Credits: Narration - CC BY - Blackfriars Wynd Cowgate, A convalescing old lady, A hopeless drunkard lying on his bed, A monthly nurse who looks after a mother and a new-born baby, An attic occupied by a family of ten persons, Dwellings of the poor in Bethnal Green, Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science by John Coakley, Illustration depicting cramped and squalid housing conditions Lettsom, Military man settling down for the night in a squalid barrack by Wellcome Collection CC BY-SA -Fleshmarket Close by Simon Johnston via #VictorianEdinburgh #VictorianScotland #EdinburghSlums #VictorianDocumentary #VictorianEraDocumentary #VictorianLife #VictorianSlums #Victorian #19thCentury #HistoryDocumentary #FactFeast