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Changing social attitudes., Artists were able to present the conditions of…
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Artists were able to present the conditions of the poor using engravings or paintings incorporating streets or interiors.
They presented both the rural and urban poor. However, the rural poor was somewhat romanticised whereas the urban poor was more shocking.
They attracted the attention of those writing novels like Charles Dickens. He was a great admirer of Sir Luke Fildes.
Local and national newspapers reported on public health matters and not always the most favourably, outbreaks of Scarlett Fever and Typhoid were reported in the Local Leeds Mercury.
-They made links with dirty diseases
The national Newspapers had the greatest impact on changing attitudes.
In 1858 the Times Newspaper headed a campaign on Sewerage.
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These two writers created vivid-pen pictures on the plight of the poor.
Dickens focused on London, where he had first hand experienced poverty.
His writing was serialised which made it more accessible than single volumes.
Elizabeth Gaskell though never being poor herself, witnessed poverty all around her.
She wrote the novel Mary Barton that was published in 1848.
As there was increased knowledge about diseases:
Sanitation committees were set up to pressurise the government.
in 1844 the Health of Towns association was established.
Its aim was to carry out a propaganda campaign on public health legislation.
Records were also kept collecting data which led to more statistical evidence.
Governments set up royal commissions like the Royal Commission report on the enquiry into the conditions of large towns and populous districts.
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