Poverty and living conditions in the 1890s
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- Created on: 01-05-13 17:57
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- Poverty and living conditions in the 1890s
- Poverty was blamed on the individual
- Many politicians believed that each individual was responsible for his/her own welfare
- The only way to get help if you were poor was to enter the workhouse
- Workhouse conditions were deliberately harsh in order to discourage people from seeking help
- Charities existed to help the poor, but people relied on family for assistance
- Living conditions
- Living conditions were terrible
- Wages increased at the end of the 19th century
- Many people lived in desperate poverty
- Poor faced problem
- Poor housing
- Low wages
- unemployment
- illness (if a worker fell ill he/she could not earn money)
- irregular work
- little help for the elderly, sick or unemployed
- Poverty was blamed on the individual
- As Britain developed into a industrial nation people moved from countryside to cities
- Living conditions
- Living conditions were terrible
- Wages increased at the end of the 19th century
- Many people lived in desperate poverty
- Poor faced problem
- Poor housing
- Low wages
- unemployment
- illness (if a worker fell ill he/she could not earn money)
- irregular work
- little help for the elderly, sick or unemployed
- Work in new factories
- Living conditions
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