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Jemma Smith 200238427 Criminology and Sociology The Public Health Act 1848 Living conditions had become extremely poor in industrialised cities, which led to great housing difficulties. Houses were built back to back and there were often several families forced to live in a single house. There were no roads and no public transport so houses were built as close to factories as possible where smoke and fumes were pumped out. The was also no drainage system and a poor water supply- the local river where people got their water for cooking, cleaning and washing was also the river where their waste was dumped. Due to the cramped living space and the poor conditions illness was rife and spread quickly. The healthy, the middle classes, lived where the roads were paved and near running water or with access to running water in their homes. It was thought that the reason why the poor were often ill...

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