A Brief Note On The Industrial Revolution During The 19th Century

Reforms were made during industrialization to help improve the poor working conditions present in mines and factories that had been created by the rapidly expanding workforce. Workers often worked in conditions that had detrimental effects on their long term health and had many hazards. Miners were exposed to heavy falling rocks, excessive smoke, poisonous gas and bad air. They often got what is known as miners’ asthma and many died from it (Doc 1). Factory workers worked in cramped, unclean buildings that had many fire hazards and safety issues.

From repetitive tasks on fast-moving assembly lines “...too busy, anxiously trying not to fall behind” (17) to exposure to dangerous machinery and chemicals, workers

by the 1800 the average workday was 11.4 hours worker became very tired and more likely to get hurt on the job or work accidents mine factory machines had rapidly and there was kids working in there and they were not fit to do that and they would often get hurt. or they would get hurt all the time because of lack of sleep. they would be dozing off and fall and get hurt.

As well as living conditions, working conditions were also appalling during the industrial revolution. Factories were a new thing in the industrial revolution so there were no health and safety acts or child protection laws. The conditions in factories were awful; the workers had to work up to twelve hours starting very early in the morning. The work included managing dangerous machinery which was very repetitive and tiring and had to be done stood up. Some workers had to carry very heavy loads to fill or empty the machines. Many employees were injured or died in factories due to the hazardous machinery. Clothing could easily get caught up in the machinery and this could be fatal. The factory owners were responsible for feeding their workers. However, the food they gave them contained no nutrition in it and the workers were given miniscule amounts. This brought about diseases such as TB which was caused by under nourishment and little food. The fumes inside factories were also dangerous; in cotton factories the air around the workers was filled with little bits of cotton which were breathed in by the workers. These clogged up the trachea, bronchioles and the lungs and caused asthma and chest infections which could be fatal due to the lack of medical knowledge. The death rates in factories were very high but it was not as bad as the public health during this era. It contributed towards the dreadful public health as the factory owners paid the worker low wages

They were recruited to have better style of living, but it quickly took a turn for the worse. They overworked, lived in a very tight, crowded environment. Their wages were incredibly low. Due to living in such tight quarters, they would often attract diseases such as typhus, cholera, and other crowd diseases. Moreover, the employers would treat them very poorly. Often inattentive workers were subjected to likely lose fingers, hands, or whole arm. Due to factory’s owners lack of supervision, the worked place became even more crowded and overall

In the means of health affected by the Industrial Revolution the negatives outweighed the positives. In document 4, Excerpt from the testimony of Joseph Hebergam to the Sadler Committee, is about a man who tells his story of working in a dangerous job in a factory. His health was impacted vigorously for the worse of things. From being overworked day after day his lungs were damaged so badly he was told he would die within a year. His leg muscles did not function right because of being overworked. Hebergam’s legs could not even support the weight of himself. The reason why he would die within a year was because of the dusts in the factory and having an insufficient diet. Others had died because of factory incidents. Hembergam’s brother died because he was cut by a machine and died of infection. The machines were not properly protected to the point of being the cause of many child deaths. Hembergam tells of a story from the last factory he worked at and how two siblings died because they both were severely injured. In document 1, an excerpt from William Cooper’s testimony before the Sadler Committee, tells about a man who had to work from seven in the morning to eleven at night with a very small amount of time to eat whatever he had brought that would spoil. The consequences of the small lunch period with what they had brought from their home where the health of the workers. Ice packs were not yet

The industrialization in the United States helped improve working conditions for laborers by creating machines that would aid the workers to get the job done faster. The machines allowed more cotton and other goods to be produced faster, which benefited the owner of the company because the more goods the have the more money they would make. A downfall while working in the factories during the summer and winter were that people would get sick from either working in extremely warm or frigidly cold climates. Some workers in the workplace had their hands and fingers severed when they got caught in the machines during their shifts. The workers who survived their limbs or entire bodies being smashed most likely lost their jobs and income as well as not able to support their families

Dangerous factory conditions also had a negative effect on society. Although the factory system positively helped to advance technology, its environments were horrendous. Firstly, these horrible conditions brought on multiple types of health risks (Document 3). Due to epidemics spread from factories, workers could be subdued to respiratory problems and could gain permanent deformities on their body. Secondly, when workers

One of the negative effects was the illness of many workers in the factories and mills. In Document 4, a worker from the factories is interviewed about his illness. He has damaged lungs, and leg muscles that do not function properly, and do not support the weight of his bones. The worker’s doctor told him that his illness was caused by dust in the factories, being overworked, and insufficient diet, and was told he would die within the year. Another negative effect of the Industrial Revolution was pollution.

Working for so long is obviously going to lead to exhaustion which made production slower. If you were tired and not working fast enough you would most likely endure a physical punishment. The punishments could include things like getting whiped. (http://socialstudieshelp.com/USRA_Workers_lives.htm). Another thing that exhaustion could lead to is an increased risk of danger. Exhaustion would cause a risk of danger because when people get tired they are usually not as focused as they normally are. When people are not focused it can lead to mistakes some of which could be dangerous to not only them but others working around them and this could lead to injury or accidental death. Places like coal mines did not have a lot of room which caused cramped working conditions. This was only the beginning of many issues caused by the Industrial Revolution.

The worker used to work in place which are filled with germs and diseases. The condition of the workers was really bad. Employees who work at meat industry has no nail, their knuckles were swollen and hads were criss crossed with cuts (Doc 1). Sometimes their fingers got cut out while cutting meat and their meat (fingers) got mixed up with meat and people used to eat that. Even after that they work until they completely loses their hands or arms.

Imagine having to wait a long period of time for a letter from your beloved because they had to send it through horse. Or even better, imagine having to wait for wheat or meat restock in your city due to the distance the store purchased it from. America industrial growth couldn’t have occurred without the industrial giants of the period. The industrial giants gave the states more opportunity to create and move quicker to provide the nation.

A journal in 1868 was published announced how hours have been limited, wages have been increased, and health risks in the past are being monitored. The government has started to take an interest in aiding the workers. These new commodities have allowed for happiness and reduced sickness and mortality rates. ADD IPP After the factories have had time to get into a routine that works, the government regulation can be focused on bettering the lives for the working class which increases the desire to work

In England during the industrial revolution there was a lot of poverty and pollution, especially in the main towns where the mass unemployment and people often had to go into the work houses. The conditions that they were made to work in were overcrowded. There was no sanitation or anywhere to clean, and there was a large amount of pollution. These all led to diseases among the workers. Some of the jobs that the children were made to do were chimney sweeping or selling matches. Adults had to do bone crushing for fertilisers, working in kitchens and doing the laundry for rich people.

Taking after a flare-up of fever among the kids working in their cotton processes, the general population of Manchester, England, started requesting better working conditions in the manufacturing plants. Open weight in the long run