countrydom

Updated: May 13, 2025

But for the constant influx of Countrydom, Cockneydom would long ere this have perished. But unfortunately the country is being depopulated. The towns, London especially, are being gorged with undigested and indigestible masses of labour, and, as the result, the children suffer grievously. The town-bred child is at a thousand disadvantages compared with his cousin in the country.

William Booth - In Darkest England and the Way Out