Slums+&+Tenements

The slums during the industrial revolution were the housing places that people set up in a hurry because of the search for new jobs. The slums were often called tenements and the people in them were cramped usually together with possibly two or more other families. The houses were put together in a hurry a rushed out of order because they needed quick and cheap affordable housing. The jump was because of the start of the industrial revolution and the people in the putting out system being outpaced by the new technology in the factories which meant that people needed to move so that they could survive. So they had no choice in their decision to move to the cities on low wages and live in horrible conditions.

The conditions in the slums/tenements were poor and allowed for easy spread of disease, because of the close quarters. Another contributing factor to the well being of the factory workers was that since the cities were built with so much haste there wasn't time for them to work on sanitation espicially with the long hours they worked at the factory. The spread of disease led to tough problems stick out the sickness or take off of work and get behind. The sickness also kept people away from their families and orphaned a lot of young kids.

This made the people unable to provide for themselves it weakened them and made some unjust things come to pass. You and me probably look forward to going home after a long day of work or school but wen they got home they ad to face the very real dangers involved in there homes. The sanitary situations of some of the places where so bad and nasty that they were probably better off at the factory. Also the close proximity to the factory caused birth defects in children because of all the pollution.



This is a fairly good looking slum house it may not be appealing to us but it is one of the nicer ones during the period.

1. What were the problems with slums? The problems with the tenements were that they were so unsanitary and disgusting that they caused health problems 2. What did they look like? The tenements were usually beaten down worn out buildings built sloppily and in a hurry. 3. Who lived there? The people who lived there were the people who worked and survived by the means of the factory 4. Where were they before coming to the cities? The people who migrated were the people who used to live on the nice quaint farms before moving to find new work. 5. How did slums affect the individuals living there? The close proximity to the factory caused birth defects to babies because of all the pollution 6. Were there any laws passed to deal with issues? 7. How did the conditions of slums contribute to the spread of disease and how did this affect factories? 8. Relationship between factory and the slums? 9. Problems with landlords? Did the conditions of slums ever get better?