Industrial Revolution Flashcards
What was pay like in factories?
Pay fifteen shillings (75p) for men
seven shillings (35p) for women
three shillings (15p) for children.
What were the working hours in factories?
10-12 hour shifts
Name some types of pushiments in factories
Weights hung from ears
Beaten / Strapping (beaten with a belt)
Tied to machines
Work extra hours
Nailing your ears to a table
How many % of emergencies at Manchester
Infirmary were caused by factory accidents
in 1833?
40%
What were the Types of Accidents?
Trapped in machines
Killed in explosions in mines
Robert Owen (Birth/Death)
1771 - 1858
Robert Owen - What did he do?
factory
wanted to improve the health and well-being of his workers.
people would work better if they were happier.
What was the Factory act?
Introduced by Robert Owen
A maximum 12-hour day.
No child under the age of nine to work.
Not enforced.
What ideas did Robert Owen introduce?
Free education system for everyone
A creche for working mothers
The first infant school in the world
A school for children with enjoyable lessons and no punishments!
Evening classes and lectures for adults
Free medical care
Children under 9 were not allowed to work in the mill.
Shorter working days
Leisure
Where was Robert Owen’s factory?
New Lanark
What was the PM (Prime Minister) called?
Gladstone
What were towns like?
Pollution from factories
Cheap houses built quickly with many sharing rooms
No sanitation or drainage systems
Government didn’t help people or spend money on helping
keep the streets clean
People didn’t know that being dirty caused disease so they didn’t
clean.
What is Public Health
The health of a population as whole
three reasons why, at the beginning of the 19th century public health was
so poor
Bad sanitation, overcrowding and poor medicine
which year did Chadwick lead a commission into public health?
1842
