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Describe the living conditions in large industrial towns and the attempts to improve them
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In this essay I am going to describe the living conditions in large industrial towns and the attempts to improve them in the nineteenth century. I will talk about the living conditions, the reasons why they were allowed to get so bad and the attempts to deal with them. Firstly I will explain the living conditions. The living conditions in industrial towns during the 19th century were very bad. The main cause for this was because of mass urbanisation. Mass urbanisation means going from a rural environment to an urban environment. The industrial revolution also played a part to why the living conditions were so bad. This caused overcrowding due to the amount of people coming in from the countryside. Families with many children were crammed into one room. They had to share beds if they had any; moreover they had lodgers to help pay their rent. The majority of the people...
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