Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness. Beveridge declared war on the five 'giant evils' of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness. Slaves below the decks lived for months in conditions of squalor and indescribable horror. The inner-city family is more likely to experience environmental hardships, like crime and squalor. They end up living in squalor in a drafty London garret. The book explores various areas of Dublin life, dwelling on its squalor and monotony. After his death, Satie's friends discovered an apartment replete with squalor and chaos. Chandler's practice was in London's Rotherhithe amidst the squalor endured by the Dickensian poor. Taffy finds her father living in squalor and drinking excessively. The Chinaman lives in squalor because he is poor. The population continues to live in near-barbaric squalor. Mary died, and people became aware of the squalor in which Ida lived. He was unimpressed with the labs, describing the windowless basement as "squalor". He sketches the squalor of the region's villages and the "Fascist deserters" indistinguishable from themselves. Jerome Squalor first appears in "The Ersatz Elevator" as the husband of Esme Squalor.