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town conditions In the 19th century - Coggle Diagram
town conditions In the 19th century
people all had to use one toilet, which wasn't really a toilet, just a hole in a plank of wood where the waste falls down. the waste will fall down into the middle of the street and then either into the river or piled up next to the toilet, which would then go to farmers to use as muckspreading.
people used the rivers near their homes to bathe, wash their clothes, dispose of their waste and drink from. this was extremely unhygienic as people could be drinking their neighbours waste! this could cause a nasty disease called cholera, which causes dehydration and turns your body black and blue.
people had many children as they were more likely to be employed at mines or factories, but because they were cheap to employ. having many children could cause a lot of problems. such as only having one room to live in but with many people living in it. having many children could also cause a problem when you have to feed them but are poor, and having many children will cause overcrowding.
waste from the toilets would just flow down the streets, this was a regular thing for the people in the 19th century, as was having animal carcasses and rotting food just lying in the streets. this was very unhygienic, but no one knew about germs in those days so it was also very normal for their water to be brown and with things floating in it.
diseases
cholera
cholera is a disease that infects you by contaminated water. if you got cholera in the 19th century, there would be a 9 out of 10 chance you would die
cholera in Greek means diarrhea, as the diarrhea gets worse, victims could keep no food or water in their bodies. they would dehydrate and die.
32,000 people died from cholera in the 1831, 62,000 in 1848 and 20,000in 1854 and 14,000 in 1866.
turburculosis
TB attacks the lungs. A victim would cough up blood, loose weight, get a fever, chest pains and shortness of breath
this disease affected one out of ten people in the 19th century. in 1800 TB was the cause of 1 out of 4 deaths in London
TB can be caused by couching or sneezing on someone, but mainly in the 19th century people got it from cows milk
smallpox
smallpox can be spread by coughing, sneezing and in some cases, touching
smallpox causes many puss-filled blusters all over the body
it can attak people of all ages, in the 19th century up to 60 percent of adults were infected and 80 percent of children
some people lived in cellars, with human waste flowing down the walls and the smell being unbearable, there was no light as people had to pay tax to have glass in windows, so windows were boarded or bricked up. whoever lived there would sleep on hay on the cold, wet floor maybe in a corner for a bit of warmth
the rich would have bigger houses on a hill, overlooking the rest of the poor peoples houses. the rich had maids, who dispose their waste and clean for them. cooks, who make all their meals and set the table for them. the rich would have real beds, not just mats or bails of hay on the floor. they would also not have to share a toilet with everyone down the street, as they did not have neighbors.