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Saltaire provided a standard of living that was far in excess of normal mid nineteenth century living conditions. Do you agree?  

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Saltaire provided a standard of living that was far in excess of normal mid nineteenth century living conditions. Do you agree? The aim of the coursework was to look at all the facilities that Titus Salt developed in Saltaire, in order to prove that people living and working there had a better standard of living than others working and living in other Industrial towns and cities. Housing The most important way that life was better for people in Saltaire was the quality of houses. For example all of the 824 houses in Saltaire had a living room, a kitchen and two bedrooms as well as a back yard and some had a small front garden. All the houses in Saltaire had piped water and gas, and each had its own outdoor toilet. This is very different to other industrial cities of the time, such as Bradford, Liverpool and Manchester where...

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5 out of 5 stars Reviewed by: gemma_green, 2004-03-07

"Rohan Orton's essay seems excellent, apart from misinterpreting the Chadwick reference [4] - I think Chadwick was saying that the disease was caused by 'atmospheric pollutants'(as Rohan says) but not by overcrowding, as Chadwick also says that the disease is found everywhere, 'whether dwelling in separate houses,in rural villages,in small towns,in the larger towns - as they have been found to prevail in the lowest districts of the metropolis'. Source - Edwin Chadwick, Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (1842) 1965 ed.,pp422-4 as reprinted in 'The Evolution of the British Welfare State' by Derek Fraser, Macmillan Press 1973 "

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