Over and over as I read this article I was reminded of stories of London just before and at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, both in reality and as p

Over and over as I read this article I was reminded of stories of London just before and at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, both in reality and as parodied by Terry Pratchett as Ankh-Morpork. ...the flipside of which is that in London if not A-M, the living conditions of the poor and unlucky in that time period were truly atrocious. That's not directly addressed in the article, although it's hinted at in a few paragraphs (and in the photos).