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Victorian Living Conditions :)
Privvies
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Privvies back then was the name for an outdoor toilet. However, the reason that made the privvie so disgusting is that more than one family used it.
EWW
Overcrowding
In 1800 there was 70,000 people living in Britain. 51 years later in 1851 there were as many people in towns as there were in the country side. In 1900 there were 45 places with that population.1 year later in 1901 80% of Britain lived in towns or cities.
1800- 70,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN BRITAIN
1851- THERE WERE
AS MANY PEOPLE
IN TOWNS THAN
THERE WERE IN THE
COUNTRYSIDE
1900- THERE WERE
45 PLACES WITH
THAT POPULATION.
1901- 80% OF
BRITAIN LIVED
IN TOWNS OR
CITIES.
poor working conditions
left people exhausted and ill.
low wages meant not enough
nutritious food therefore causing illnesses.
Poorly built
Usually they were
damp and infested
with animals. The
life expectancy of
workers was low
THAT'S
SO
GROSS
dirty water
When they washed in dirty water they carried arround diseases
If they drunk dirty water they drunk the germs.
There was a lack of piped water and a lack of sewage systems,so rivers and wells were polluted.
!!!RANDOM FACTS!!!
most city streets were clogged with a combination of refuse and sewage
Bathing was considered unhealthy therefore was limited.
Arsenic was eaten and applied to give skin a pale apperance.
Make up was made of wax bases and was rarley removed, creating layers of make up.
A quater of the entire population of Victorian Britain was living in poverty. 40% of the country's wealth was owned by 5% of the population.
Clothing was expensive and people had limited wardrobes requiring clothing to be worn multiple times.
Victorian Living
Conditions
Rivers were horrible polluted with raw sewage, garbage, and inustrial waste.
Overcrowding is one of the main reasons that infections and diseases spread so rapidly.
Diseases
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Minimal dental hygine