If you&#x27;d like to know what the daily life of mid-Victorian poor people was like in excruciating detail, check out &quot;London Labour and the London Poor&quot; by Henry Mayhew:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;London_Labour_and_the_London_P...</a><p>A major point of interest is that the oceans had not yet been overfished, so fresh fish was an abundant and extremely cheap source of protein that formed a major constituent of most poor people&#x27;s diet at the time.