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Question
Answer the following question.
Why did Charles Booth, a Liverpool shipowner conduct the first social survey of low skilled workers in the East End of London in 1887?
Solution
To get a fair picture of the scene of poverty in the urban areas, Charles Booth conducted the survey in 1887. Although poverty was not unknown in the countryside, it was more concentrated and starkly visible in the city.
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