How bad were the living conditions for the poor in the newly industrialised towns and cities of the 1840s
In the 1840s, there was a lot of pollution, and there was little regulation of what was put into the river or the air.
The houses for 1840s workers were built very poorly. They were usually made by the factory owners at minimum cost. They were made either one brick, or half a brick thick, and only consisted of one room. There were no indoor lavatories, therefore the workers were left with only two ways to go to the toilet. …
