Population change (1)
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- Created on: 20-02-16 20:24
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- Population change: Britain 1700-2000
- population growth slow 18th century
- Birth and deaths rates high
- Agriculture and industrialisation
- agriculture output increases
- people moved from food production to new factory based industries
- towns seen as unhealthy and had higher risk of infection
- Government did little to improve
- individuals left to improve living conditions
- such as voluntary hospitals and nursing homes
- individuals left to improve living conditions
- 7 million in 1700 to 10.5 million in 1801
- Social and economic conditions were poor
- End of 18th century
- important social and economic changes
- Improved healthcare
- the vaccination against smallpox was one of the most significant medical developments in 18th C
- medical advances and improvements in agriculture = more disposable income
- Food consumption increased
- better understanding of nutrition
- resulted in a healthier population and decrease in morality rates
- death rates fell through 18th C - birth rates still high
- high birth rates due to
- lack of birth control
- the need for large fanilies
- youthful population structure
- Death rate- 25 per 1000, birth rate - 37 per thousan
- high birth rates due to
- 19th Century
- death rate continued to fall as social and economic conditions saw improvements
- government pursue policies and fund projects to improve medical and sanity conditions
- Public Health Act of 1848 provided clean water
- reduced number of deaths from diseases such as Typhoid
- improvement in hygiene caused a decrease in occurrence and spread of infectious diseases
- death rate - 17 per 1000, birth rate - 26 per 1000
- Martial benefits for smaller families
- fewer children died in infancy
- Employment in 19th C
- life improving for working class
- many opportunites for employment
- factories, shipyards or growing service sector
- disposable incomes were rising
- child labour abolished since 1833
- population growth slow 18th century
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