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Factors that affected the health and the well being of people during the 19th and 20th Century’s are:-
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Factors that affected the health and the well being of people during the 19th and 20th Century's are:- * HOUSING * HEALTH * HEALTH PROVISION * WORK * SOCIAL POLICY I am going to tell you a bit about each one and how this affected the health of the people in the above named centuries. HOUSING Poor people lived in Small houses in cramped streets. These homes would share toilet facilities, have open sewers and would be susceptible to damp. Overcrowding was also a major issue. The population of Britain virtually doubled between 1801 and 1851 to about 18,000,000 largely as a result of an increased birth-rate and a lowered mortality rate. This rapid growth meant that there were far fewer dwellings than the numbered needed. A report from the London statistical society states that in 1847 a street in St Giles where, in 1841, 27 houses with an average of 5 rooms had 655 occupants, by 1847...
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