In chapter 11 of Charle's Dicken's Bleak House, we learn of the death of Nemo, which is proclaimed as an opium overdose. The opium and drug market within 19th century England was an essential aspect of the growth of their trade with China and their economy. To retrieve opium and numerous other drugs, there was an ease of just purchasing them from a local physican, with no legal reprucussions, as it was a populaized activity within both rural and urban Victorian life. This historical connection to Bleak House is demonstrated in the sense of Nemo's death because it ultimatley illuminates the influnece it had within the lives of common citizens at the time, with little awareness of its fatal ramfications. Mrs. Snagsby even observed somthing in Nemo's demeanor that suggested aid in his favor but concluisvely her lack of confession duirng the investigation, shows otherwise for her lack of help for Nemo.
(for historic information) Castelow, E., 2020. Opium In Victorian Britain. [online] Historic UK. Available at: <https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Opium-in-Victori…; [Accessed 21 September 2020].
(for image) London Illustarted News. Opium smokers in the East End of London. 1874. Historic UK, https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Opium-in-Victori…