Crossing Sweepers, Mudlarks & Knocker Ups

Here are some unusual jobs that were commonplace in Victorian 

1.  crossing sweeper:  someone who swept the manure off of London streets from the horse drawn carriages and trolleys for pedestrians

http://www.victorianlondon.org/mayhew/mayhew-48.gif

2.  costermonger:  a street seller of fruits & vegetables

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/A-Donkey-Barrow-Transports-a-Wealthy-Costermonger-s-Family-Posters_i6239436_.htm

3.  purefinder:  collected dog feces for tanners 

4.  tosher:  searched the sewers for scrap metal and other valuables

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/quite-likely-the-worst-job-ever-319843/

5.  mudlark:  searched the banks of the River Thames for wood, metal, rope or coal from passing ships

http://flushtoiletblog.blogspot.ca/2012/08/did-you-know.html

7.  streetwalker:  prostitute

http://reframingthevictorians.blogspot.ca/2013/11/the-great-social-evil-prostitution-and.html

8.  charwoman:  chore woman or maid

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/495466396481547301/

9.  female hysteria doctor:  someone who helped a woman have an orgasm (ex. using an orgasm machine)

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/544865254891668458/

10.  lamplighter:  lit the gas powered lamps

http://billbrandtarchive.photoshelter.com/image/I0000UyVBD.Hc0nM

11.  resurrectionist:  someone who supplied medical schools with fresh corpses

http://thechirurgeonsapprentice.com/tag/resurrectionists/

12.  leech collector:  provided leeches for doctors (the Tylenol of the 19th Century)

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/leechcollectors

13.  chimney sweep

http://www.wellerschimneysweeps.com/?page_id=384

14.  knocker up:  a human alarm clock

http://graceelliot-author.blogspot.ca/2015/04/the-victorian-knocker-upper.html