In History class we were assigned to pretend to be a city inspector in the 1840's. With the documents we took notes from we found out information about how the working conditions and living conditions were in the Industrial Revolution.
This report dated November 6, 1842 had been provided for the urban planning committees of various cities in England. My name is Shayla Flannery, and as a mid-level city inspector I trust that you will use this information within to determine appropriate needs in urban planning municipalities. My report has been through as I have made use of all the sources available to me and have worked to guide you through my own analysis and critical thinking to a full description of the issues facing our cities
People say that mills are like palaces (Doc. B). Everyone is happy and there is no smoke (Doc. E) There is great care in the factories and accidents are very rare (Doc. E). I have also heard that safety precautions are taken, like putting sharp machinery in boxes (Doc. E). The factory rooms are also well vented, clean and very spacious. Workers can rest 1 minute out of every 3 minutes (Doc. E). The smoke doesn't bother that many people, but at least it gives people jobs. (Doc. E).
I however have observed that all these machines are polluting the earth with all the smoke they are putting off. There is even purple and black water in the canals! All the jobs are monotonous and people are always doing the same thing. People describe it as hell. Working all day in black rooms like dungeons (Doc. C). People constantly coughing from the choking air filled with dust and smoke (Doc. C). Workers groaning from pain and being overworked. Child labor (Doc. C). Children that already look like they are aging. No safety precautions, machines starting fires (Doc. C). Breathing is difficult and painful (Doc. D). Workers are dehydrated and exhausted (Doc. D). These working conditions are unsanitary and bad for workers health.
I think that Industrialization overall has more of a negative impact on living and working conditions because the factories don’t have any safety precautions which can cause many injuries, the workers are overworked which causes them to have bad health, and all the factories are polluting the earth which is bad for your breathing. I think the information that was most reliable and convincing were documents A, C, and D.
This is an image of men working in a coal mine during the Industrial Revolution.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution#Social_structure_and_working_conditions
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