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19th C Industrialisation- Causes Flashcards

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)

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  1. Observations of a not so excellent life.
  2. Hazards
  3. Working regulations
  4. Specific
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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
1. Observations of a not so excellent life.

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a. Bethnal (east London)
b. Manchester
c. Living conditions
d. Disease

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
1. Observations of a not so excellent life.
a. Bethnal (east London)

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i. Rich people live to 45
ii. Labourers live to 16

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
1. Observations of a not so excellent life.
b. Manchester

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i. 57% of children die before their 5th birthday.

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
1. Observations of a not so excellent life.
c. Living conditions

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i. Whole family’s often lived in one room or a cellar that may flood
ii. Multiple children per bed
iii. Toilets and water supplies shared between many families.

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
1. Observations of a not so excellent life.
d. Disease

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i. Contagious disease spread rapidly in overcrowded decisions. Eg. Typhoid
ii. Rickets

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
1. Observations of a not so excellent life.
d. Disease
ii. Rickets

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  1. “the English disease”
  2. Crippling bone disease in infants.
  3. Caused by (3)
  4. Clear indication of malnutrition
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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
1. Observations of a not so excellent life.
d. Disease
ii. Rickets
3. Caused by (3)

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a. Calcium deficiency
b. Lack of fresh air
c. Lack of sunlight

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
2. Hazards (all examples of people)

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a. Chimney boys
b. Factory girls
c. Coal miners

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
2. Hazards (all examples of people)
a. Chimney boys

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i. Came into contact with soot and gases
ii. Percivall Pott (an English surgeon) identified scrotal cancer within many of these boys.

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
2. Hazards (all examples of people)
b. Factory girls

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i. Developed “phossy-jaw”.
ii. Caused by fumes from the phosphorus used to make match heads
iii. Parts of jaw would be eaten away
iv. Jaws glow greenish-white in the dark
v. Causes brain damage

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
2. Hazards (all examples of people)
c. Coal miners

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i. Pneumoconiosis
ii. Disease of the lungs
iii. Caused by inhaling dust from the ground

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
3. Working regulations

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a. Very few
b. Accidents are common.
c. They have no compensation.
d. Little chance of further work if there is a serious injury.

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
4. Specific

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a. Cholera
b. Typhoid

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
4. Specific
a. Cholera

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i. Bacterial infection
ii. Spread through contaminated food and water
iii. Originated in india and spread along trade routes (like black death!)
iv. Epidemics (3)

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
4. Specific
a. Cholera
iv. Epidemics

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  1. 1831-32
  2. 1848
  3. 1854
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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
4. Specific
b. Typhoid

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i. Bacterial infection
ii. Passed from humans through food, water, or faeces.
iii. Caused by poor sanitation and cleanliness.
iv. New industrial cities (3)
v. Does not discriminate
vi. Outbreak (8)

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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
4. Specific
b. Typhoid
iii. Caused by poor sanitation and cleanliness.

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  1. Especially washing hands and clothes with the dirty water.
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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
4. Specific
b. Typhoid
iv. New industrial cities (3)

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  1. Difficult to keep and clean a water supply,
  2. Fertile places for typhoid.
  3. Endemic-present virtually all the time.
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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
4. Specific
b. Typhoid
v. Does not discriminate

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  1. Prince Albert (Queen Victoria’s husband) died from typhoid in 1861.
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19th C Industrialisation- Causes (4)
4. Specific
b. Typhoid
vi. Outbreak (8)

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  1. 1897-1898
  2. Maidstone, Kent
  3. 1800 out of 34000 caught it
  4. 132 died.
  5. Was largest single epidemic of typhoid to date.
  6. Doctors and nurses were being drafted in from across the country to deal with it because the local medical services were overwhelmed.
  7. Cause was traced to a nearby reservoir. (The Borming reservoir)
  8. Reservoir closed down.

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