Poor Housing Poor Health Lesson starter In what
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Poor Housing = Poor Health Lesson starter: In what ways does your home keep you healthy? Write down your ideas.
Today we will… • Understand the connection between poor housing and poor health around 1900
• A lack of food was only one cause of poor health around 1900 • Poor housing was a major factor • Doctors and scientists did not know as much about germs and bacteria as we do now • However, they were aware that those living in poor housing were more likely to be ill
Task 1 As the following pictures appear write down what you see
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Urban Problems Urban means cities or built up areas • • Overcrowding Poor drains, sewage and sanitation Lack of electricity Outdoor toilets Dirty running water Damp conditions Closes were dark and dingy
Task 2 Housing Problem No running water Overcrowding Leaking roof/windows Nowhere for children to play Rubbish/waste piled up outside Open sewers Human waste thrown from windows Shared outside toilets How does it damage health?
Task 3 Source A A lady remembers growing up in the 1880 s in book many years later We modernised it with an electric light and telephone. The house when rebuilt contained a large basement, three sitting rooms, a lounge-hall and seven bedrooms. All the rooms were warmed by a coal fire. There were nursery meals to be carried up and down, hot water to the bedrooms. We had a nanny, a palour maid, a housemaid and a cook. Later we had a manservant for £ 70 a year. The cook earned £ 28, the nurse £ 40. we spent about 12 shillings (60 p) each week on a food and cleaning materials. We bought coal at 15 shillings (75 p) a ton). 1. Evaluate the usefulness of the source as evidence of housing in Britain in the late 19 th century?
Model Answer The source is quite useful for a few reasons but has drawbacks. The source is a primary source because it comes from the memory of a lady who experienced the events that we are studying. She gives quite a few details of her life in a middle class home making the description useful. However, she only describes a nice middle class home. The source also fails to mentionthe more common slum housing.
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