Standards Of Living Flashcards
What is a standard of living?
The quality of a persons life based in health, class, wealth, occupation, leisure and luxuries
What happened to housing in this period?
Houses were really close as they were quickly built to accommodate the rush of people into the city. Back to back houses were made
How many people would live in the houses?
Many families would be in 1 room with one bed, and sometimes up to 40 would be in 1 room from both the same and different families
What happened to wages between 1800 - 1830?
Prices of good decreases mostly between 1800 - 1830 and also wages increased slightly. The real wage increased.
What happened to jobs in this period?
Children had simple jobs such as opening and closing mine doors and adults had harsh conditions with their jobs such as dragging more than 100kgs of coal while crawling in a mien
What was the death rate for fork grinders?
885 / 1000 died at 20 - 40 years old because they inhaled metal shavings that caused cancer
What happened to the average age of death when you went out into the countryside?
It increased, more people lived longer in the countryside
What was the mortality age for professionals and gentry and their family comparing Liverpool and Wilts?
Liverpool- 35
Wilts - 50
What was the mortality age tradesmen and their family comparing Liverpool and Wilts?
Liverpool- 22
Wilts - 48
What was the mortality age for mechanics, labourers and their family comparing Liverpool and Wilts?
Liverpool- 15
Wilts - 33
What happened to leisure in this period?
Young adults and teens would go to the pub and beer houses. There would be dancing, instruments being played, and drinking. There were some prostitutes there too. Even underage children came and drank.
What happened to the law in this period?
There wasn’t much law and order outside London. The police wouldn’t go to some cities like Bradford for risk of being shot. The military was usually called upon to settle something. Only in 1856 were local councils forced to establish a police
What happened to churches in this period?
Churches influence and significance in peoples lives decreased because their weren’t many churches in the city or they weren’t built fast enough.
What happened to churches in Leeds?
Population 1821 - 84 000
Population 1841 - 152 000
Increase in 8 churches, but it wasn’t enough
What fraction of the people in Leeds went to church in the city in 1836?
1/3
