Did he have anatomical knowledge?

[DJA]

Reckon the Providence Row one concerning Mary Kelly is spot on.

[GUT]

Are there any oral histories from Whitechapel during the period of 1870-1910? Perhaps a request to the London library archives?

Lots of oral histories. the question is how reliable are they.

[DJA]

Are there any oral histories from Whitechapel during the period of 1870-1910?

Yes. Not written down though.

One concerned a "doctor" who supplied paedophiles with sedatives.

[DJA]

Sounds good to me, the newbie.

George Bagster Phillips lived at Spital Square.

Hutchinson had a child in his "care" at one stage. The parents lived in Primrose Street.

Extensions of Hanbury Street.

[Rosemary]

Oral History

Are there any oral histories from Whitechapel during the period of 1870-1910? Perhaps a request to the London library archives?

[Rosemary]

I like that too

Perhaps a pathologist who worked in Whitechapel and walked home late at night along Hanbury Street.

Sounds good to me, the newbie.

[GUT]

C'est Frác, sha 'ti Bébé.

Don't swear at me.

[Rosemary]

Maybe a drunken Rabbi thinking he was doing a circumcision

C'est Frác, sha 'ti Bébé.

[GUT]

Maybe a drunken Rabbi thinking he was doing a circumcision

[DJA]

Perhaps a pathologist who worked in Whitechapel and walked home late at night along Hanbury Street.

[Rosemary]

My Comsiderations, humbly

But are we looking for a mortuary attendant who worked in Whitechapel? Or one who lived in Whitechapel and worked elsewhere, an adjacent neighborhood perhaps? Remember commuting was generally an upwards affair. Commuting to better neighborhoods with better jobs. Now it's more of a radial thing, from the edges to the center.

A diener who lived in Whitechapel and worked elsewhere??

[Rosemary]

Fast & loose

[QUOTE=Wickerman;344640]I understand the City had a permanent mortuary, but whether it had a permanent staff, I don't know.
I used to favour a mortuary attendant myself, many many years ago.[/

That was my husband's fast opinion: if not a surgeon, then a diener or pathologist's assistant.

[Wickerman]

But are we looking for a mortuary attendant who worked in Whitechapel? Or one who lived in Whitechapel and worked elsewhere, an adjacent neighborhood perhaps? Remember commuting was generally an upwards affair. Commuting to better neighborhoods with better jobs. Now it's more of a radial thing, from the edges to the center.

I understand the City had a permanent mortuary, but whether it had a permanent staff, I don't know.
I used to favour a mortuary attendant myself, many many years ago. In fact I wrote a speculatory piece entitled, The Doctor, the Deal and the Devil. I shamefully admit it was inspired by the Burke and Hare tragedy.

[Rosemary]

No doubt

Bet you can't.

I won't. I haven't the years of experience, reading, knowledge of spatial geography, Victorian history, medical history, census records, written media, maps, boots on the ground. I'm just adrift in a cacophony of information, some of which is possibly true, quite probably true or just, qui sait.

I'm just an American ethno-historian of little to no repute wading through an historian's favorite pastime: un mystčre. But I'll keep banging my head on doors, real or imagined. I'm stubborn like that.

[Rosemary]

Multi-disciplinary approach

But are we looking for a mortuary attendant who worked in Whitechapel? Or one who lived in Whitechapel and worked elsewhere, an adjacent neighborhood perhaps? Remember commuting was generally an upwards affair. Commuting to better neighborhoods with better jobs. Now it's more of a radial thing, from the edges to the center.

Forgive the ignorance, but has there ever been a multi-disciplinary look at the murders: cultural geographer whose field is spatial geography, the usual profilers, surgeons, historians, etc.?