Cotton Factory Conditions

In document 5 (Source: Edward ChadWick) it states that the lower class workers were underpaid and that the wages they received wasn't enough because they were getting under paid. That a lower class worker could not be able to live a long and healthy life span due to the lowe wages they were getting paid and with that in mind the workers wouldn't have enough money to afford a clean and sanitized house with essential utilities to live a clean, healthy life. The workers who worked in the factories would be succumbed to horrible and unjust treatment and unsafe, unsanitary conditions. In document 6 (Source: Joseph Hebergam-interview by Michael Sandler and his House of Commons Committee on 7th July, 1832), The Interview reveals on how bad the conditions for the workers were, and how they were beaten and how they overworked them each day. Joseph states that he started working in a factory at the age seven like most other children at the time would start to work, that he would have to work from five in the morning till eight at night and having only one, thirty minute lunch break at noon. Like most factories and mills at the time these workers would be worked all day long which would cause health issue giving them pain in the arms and legs due to them being over worked, and most of the times the workers wouldn’t

Textile factories are not safe for working class families. Working condition in the factories were not safe or healthy for the children working. A doctor named Dr.Ward says “. . . We could not remain ten minutes in the factories without gasping for breath.” He also says “ There were forty-seven injured . . .” (House of Lords Committee interview Dr.Ward). Joseph Herbergam was once working in the factories as a kid. Herbergam says “ My leg muscles do not function properly . . .”. He also talks about how he may die in a year because all the fumes he inhaled as a child. (Testimony of Joseph Herbergam to the Sadler committee). Dr.ward is a doctor so he is aware of what is harmful to breath in. It was unhealthy for many reasons but one reason

They spend 12 to 14 hours each day shut up in a low-ceiling rooms they are all sickly and emaciated, their bodies thin and frail, their limbs feeble, their complexions pale, their eyes dead. This is the horror that Flora Tristan witnessed; people were working more than half a day with no food, clothes, and the working conditions were full of toxic air and other harmful substances. Her standpoint in this statement can be said as being non-biased as she is a socialist and thus, she cares (Doc. 7). People reacted violently to these conditions, which forced the government to pass the Ten Hours Act, which limited the number of hours a worker could work to ten hours a day. This resulted in better condition of the workers. William Abram, a journalist and historian, noticed, the condition of the factory laborers has been vastly improved (Doc. 10). This shows the result of the reaction of the people. The point of view of William Abram is factual and accurate as he is a journalist and a historian, and his work is to provide people with the truth. As witnessed by Frances Kemble, actress, poet, and dramatist, people were [s]houting No Corn Laws when she arrived in Manchester during the inaugural of railway. This shows the reaction to the wages that workers got before some reforms in Manchester (Doc. 4). Document 10 also states that the [w]ages thanks

The spread of industrialization rapidly altered and changed the city of Manchester during the nineteenth century. Of course there were positive effects that stemmed from this, but negative effects due to the growth of industrialization outnumbered the positive outcomes and are often overshadowed. The environmental hazards and the working conditions of the factory were enough to harm laborers and the gentry (documents 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 11), dulling the positive

The Industrial Revolution persuaded many people to urbanize or move to the cities. However, many of those people were forced to pack into tenements and work in dangerous, mindless, and unvarying factories. People who worked in factories, worked long hours in unsafe atmospheres and did not get paid well or fairly. They also suffered from lifelong illnesses. In Document 13, an excerpt from Joseph Hebergam’s testimony to the Sadler Committee is shown. In his testimony, Hebergam states, “I have damaged lungs. My leg muscles do not function properly and will not support the weight of my bones…[the doctor] told me that [my

Many visitors discovered the working and living conditions of the suffering people. “If you visit a factory, it is easy to see that the comfort and welfare of the workers have never entered the builder’s head” (Doc 7). A women’s rights advocate in 1842 implies if you haven’t seen the city conditions, then you can’t appreciate how your belongings are made. People are furthering looking into how workers are being treated since they are working around fourteen hours straight every day of the week ingesting the fumes from the contents their working with. A medical journal presents that life expectancy is lower than rural areas for industrial jobs; In Manchester, an artisan would only live until their late teens, while in Rutland, an artisan would live until their late thirties (Doc 8).

These circumstances tend to produce an adult population short-lived, reckless, and intemperate, and with habits of sensual gratification.” This was a negative reaction because the document explains of all problems that arose and reported by the sanitary conditions of the laboring population of Great Britain. These troubles caused work environments to be unsafe because the factories were awfully ventilated. The men worked long, hard hours in an awful environment. This caused men to stop working and their families started to starve because of the lack of money to buy food supply and necessities.

The last issue raised by the growth and production of manchester was the pollution cuased by the factorys fumes. Many of the workers inhaled these toxic fumes and became sick. Acording to Flora Trsitan “with every breath of foul air they asorbed fibers of cotton, wool, or flas, or particles of copper, lead or iron” (doc 7). Fumes from the production within the factory were being pumped into the air. Thes toxic fumes can be seen in the picture in document 11. The air in this picture is black and filled with smoke from the factories. Many workers died due to the pollution from the factories.

Dr. Ward states that the factories were unfavorable to both the health and the morals of the workers (House of lords interview with Michael Ward). Dr. Ward also said , “The health of children in other manufactures is much worse” (House of lords interview with Michael Ward). And in another case a young man by the name of Joseph Hebergam was told by a doctor that he’d be dead within the year due to ¨Overwork” and ¨Insufficient diet¨ (Testimony of Joseph Hebergam to the soldier committee). Dr. Wards statement claimed that the factories affected both the children's health and morals which should bring us to ask, how bad must these factories be. Obviously children

Textile factories were not safe for working class families for the reason that the people were injured and unhealthy. A few people entered into the textile factories unhealthy which could´ve made their health issues worse. The interviewee , Dr. Holme says that the people employed were in great health. He also said that the children he had seen were all in health and that the hours they worked were not injurious to their health. John Birley says that they had good food and good beds. He also says that they were treated kindly. Dr . Holme says that Mr. Pooley employed 401 people and 363 people were in good health. Dr. Holme also said that the factories were as healthy as any other part of the working classes of the community. His conclusion was

The working conditions of the average laborer during the industrial revolution were oftentimes harsh and dangerous as seen in documents in 1,2,3 and 5. According to the Sadler Committee of 1832, men were forced to work excessively long hours and were whipped to stay awake. (Doc. 1) Additionally, the Sadler Committee revealed that many workers have suffered from infections, disease and muscle problems. (Doc. 2) This shows that industrial factory owners oftentimes exploited their laborers for profit. Andrew Ure’s The Philosophy of Manufactures reveals that children in the factory

The workers showed up knowing that the cotton in the air caused brown lung, but sick or healthy they came to work because they knew that someone else was waiting for their spot. For example, Charles Hardy, “The Guitar-Man”, had his arm pulped by one of the machines in the mill causing him not to be able to play his guitar. Byssinosis (brown lung disease) affected many of the workers in the later years. The disease is caused by the cotton and lint that is floating through the air as they worked. It blocked the worker’s airways and eventually would cause the lungs to fail eventually as it progressed over time. It was a gradual, silent killer of many mill workers. “I had a job, I had to go to it” (page 122). There was always someone healthier, younger, and willing to work for less than the mill worker who did not take their job seriously. Coming in late or even not coming it at all because the worker happened to be sick was not acceptable at all and could result in being fired. Time was

Taking after a flare-up of fever among the kids working in their cotton processes, the general population of Manchester, England, started requesting better working conditions in the manufacturing plants. Open weight in the long run

In the means of health affected by the Industrial Revolution the negatives outweighed the positives. In document 4, Excerpt from the testimony of Joseph Hebergam to the Sadler Committee, is about a man who tells his story of working in a dangerous job in a factory. His health was impacted vigorously for the worse of things. From being overworked day after day his lungs were damaged so badly he was told he would die within a year. His leg muscles did not function right because of being overworked. Hebergam’s legs could not even support the weight of himself. The reason why he would die within a year was because of the dusts in the factory and having an insufficient diet. Others had died because of factory incidents. Hembergam’s brother died because he was cut by a machine and died of infection. The machines were not properly protected to the point of being the cause of many child deaths. Hembergam tells of a story from the last factory he worked at and how two siblings died because they both were severely injured. In document 1, an excerpt from William Cooper’s testimony before the Sadler Committee, tells about a man who had to work from seven in the morning to eleven at night with a very small amount of time to eat whatever he had brought that would spoil. The consequences of the small lunch period with what they had brought from their home where the health of the workers. Ice packs were not yet

The food these children ate also affected their health. The owners of the factories were responsible for providing their food, however they would not allow them to take a break to eat. They were expected to work and eat at the same time. “We had to eat our food in the mill. It was frequently covered by flues from the wool; and in that case they had to be blown off with the mouth, and picked off with the fingers, before it could be eaten” (Crabtree). They were usually fed oatcakes and soup and would have to try to pick the dust off