'Making Ends Meet'
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- Created on: 31-05-19 16:56
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- 'Making ends meet'
- Poverty
- families could only spend what money they had then.
- 30% of people in York were unemployed.
- 72% lived under the poverty line.
- Diet
- Buying cheaper foods
- led to malnutrition.
- 1936 - 4.5 million people had an inadequate diet.
- led to malnutrition.
- Families of unemployed ate: Bread, Margarine, Potatoes but little fresh Fruit, Meat, Veggies & Milk.
- Buying cheaper foods
- Women
- The number of women in domestic services rose in the 1930's to 'make ends meet'
- working in others peoples homes, eg, cooking, cleaning etc.
- Women and children were not covered for medical treatment.
- Many women sacrificed their food to feed their children.
- The number of women in domestic services rose in the 1930's to 'make ends meet'
- Children
- Poor diet led to higher infant mortality rates & poor health.
- For every 3 children from rich families who died young, there were 8 from poorer families.
- Poverty
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