Poor Quality Housing

Question 1

Overcrowding

Answer 1

Many people lived in single room homes with multiple people. This caused diseases like TB to spread very easily causing sickness, due to people being in close proximity.

Question 2

Poor sanitation

Answer 2

Houses shared a single toilet, which wasn’t connected to a sewage system. This caused the spread of disease to be rife.

Question 3

Lack of ventilation

Answer 3

Insufficient access to fresh air due to industrial fumes, lack of chimneys and windows. This caused respiratory issues like TB.

Question 4

Lack of sunlight

Answer 4

Houses were often built high and back to back. This caused sunlight to be obstructed leading to Vitamin D deficiencies and rickets giving them bone and joint difficulty.

Question 5

Poor Quality Housing

Answer 5

Houses were often built with cheap materials. This caused poor heating and potential building collapses.

Question 6

Lack of fresh water

Answer 6

Many houses were not connected to a water supply instead, people could get water from places, such as streams, wells and stand pipes, but this water was often polluted by human waste. This resulted in people developing cholera. (leading to epidemics)