squalid living

Question 1

back to back housing

Answer 1

• keep workers close to factory
• average was 4m wide, 1 room deep
• cost efficient but poor quality
• 2/3 workers in birmingham lived in back to back

Question 2

titus salt

Answer 2

• saltaire yorkshire
• only one example

Question 3

chadwick

Answer 3

• 1842 report
• 57% of children die before their 5th birthday
  -1848 public health act
• industrialisation forced more government interaction

Question 4

population

Answer 4

• urban areas, increased by 27% each year
• 1 million irish people migrating due to the famine

Question 5

napoleonic war

Answer 5

• 400,000 soldiers return after war without jobs