Highlights hidden urban deprivation to challenge nostalgic views of Victorian suburbia
The article cites Dr. Byrne Power’s account of slums and proletarian distress to counter romanticized images of Kingstown, framing poverty as a structural reality obscured by class appearances.
“ ... the first thing that struck me was the number and wretchedness of what I may call the slums – miserable courts and rows of wretched hovels, in which a healthy or even decent life is well-nigh impossible ...”
