1-152-789 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

'Mammon's Rents', 1883. The housing conditions of a poor labouring family, partly caused by high rents. Landlords were making up to 50% on their investments in already condemned properties. A well-fed and warmly clothed rent collector demands payment from the tenants of miserable dwelling. Landlords were making up to 50% on their investments in already condemned properties. Cartoon from Punch. (London, November 1883).