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Industrial Living Conditions Flashcards

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1
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What was housing like in this period?

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  • housing = poor// rents = high
  • Damp walls, lack of ventilation
  • Back to Back houses (poorly constructed.)
  • overcrowded (1 family in 1 room)
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What were towns like overall?

REMEMBER IMPACT

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1.) overcrowded
2.) Poor in slums
3.) Disease was common

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How did religion change in this period?

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  • Religion declined
  • Theory of Evolution
  • Scientists discover germs cause disease.
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How did technology change in this period?

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  • Railways.
  • Steam ships (for trade)
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5
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How did work change in this period?

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  • People stopped working in countryside.
  • People worked in factories.
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How did society change in this period?

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  • Middle Class = Power
  • Working class = Weak
  • 1870: Children U10 = free education.
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7
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How did democracy change in this period?

REMEMBER, IMPACT

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  • Working class men got right to vote. 1867
  • Living conditions for poor improved.
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What 2 places did people move from in this period?

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  • Countryside –> towns
  • Towns –> other towns.
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Did people get paid a lot in this period?

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No, wages were quite low.

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10
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How many lived in Britain in 1750 compared to 1900 ?

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1750 (6 million people), 1900 (37 million)

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What was food like in this period?

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  • Working Class: Bred, butter, potatoes
  • Malnutrition (no fruit + veg)
  • Adulteration (no checking food)
  • Food storage issuef
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What 2 diseases were common due to a lack of vegetables ?

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  • Scurvy
  • Rickets
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How did an increase in machinery in agriculture affect public health?

Impact P +N?

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P: wealthy had good food supply
N: pollution

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How did food adulteration affect public health?

Example? Impact P+ N?

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E: Added chalk and water to make milk
P: increased sales
N: food poisoning

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When were fridges invented?

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  • Fridges recently invented (1800’s )
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How did an increase in factories affect public health?

Impact P + N?

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P: increase in economy
N: tuberculosis from smog.

17
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What diseases would be caused by overcrowded factories?

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  • Typhus
  • Tuberculosis
18
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What were the conditions like in factories?

REMEMBER, IMPACT

A
  • overcrowded
  • poor water supply.
19
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How did railways affect public health?

When? Example? Impact P + N?

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W: 1850
E: Railway covered most of Britain
I: pollution OR fresh foods

20
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How did a change in ideas affect public health?

Example? Impact P ?

A

E: On the Origin of Species published
I: More scientific thinking

21
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How did more scientific discoveries affect public health?

Example? When? Impact P + N?

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E: Louis Pasteur’s germ theory
W: 1861
I: took a long time to accept OR led to better understand of disease.

22
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How did working class men getting the vote affect public health?

When? Impact P + N?

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  • 1867
  • I: government improved living conditions for poorer people OR not everyone could vote yet.

* 1875 Public Health Act is what improved it*

23
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What was released in 1870 and how did it affect public health?

What? Example? Impact P + N?

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  • Education Act (children under 10 got free education.)
  • E: more newspaper were printed
  • I: more knowledge and discoveries OR not for all yet.
24
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How did drunkennes/ alcohol affect public health?

When? Impact P + N?

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  • Early 19th century
  • Beer cheaper than water supply !!!!
  • I: deaths from crime OR improved after “temperace movement.”
25
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Why weren’t the poor housing conditions dealt with quickly?

2 reasons…

A
  • No town corporations
  • Didn’t want increase in tax
26
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What diseases were prevelant because of dirty/ waste - filled water?

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1.) Cholera.
2.) Typhoid (fever + headaches)

27
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How was water a problem in this period?

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1.) Water companies–> waste- filled ponds .
2.) 1 water pump in BTB’s
3.) Rich = pipes (still dirty)

28
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TRUE OR FALSE…

water pumps were open 24/7 in BTB’s

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  • False
  • Water pumps were open for a few hours a day for 10 households!!
29
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How many water pumps did a courtyard of BTB’s share?

A

1

30
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What impact did disposing waste in rivers have on public health?

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  • Led to cholera.
31
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How was waste dealt with in this period?

REMEMBER IMPACT.

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1.) Midden privies flooded into wells
2.) cesspools emptied into rivers
3.) Water closets: 1830’s connected to sewers that went into river. .

32
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How did bad living conditions affect public health across this whole period?

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  • Low life expectancy
  • High infant mortality
33
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What disease was caused by pollution and poor ventilation?

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  • Tuberculosis
  • Lung- related diseases
34
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What was The Great Stink?

When??

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  • Waste in Thames become so saturated –> led to stench.
  • 1858.
35
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Why type of attitude did the government have towards the poor?

A
  • l’aissez faire attitude.

History: Public Health (16 decks)

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