English Textile Factories Dbq

English textile factories were bad for the health of the working class families in the 1800’s. This writing shows reasons why these factories were bad. Some of these reasons are, they were bad because there was a lot of sickness, children workers were beaten, The machines were harmful to mostly children, and they had to work long hours. There are a lot more reasons and these are just four reasons that show why they are bad.

English textile factories were bad for the health of the working class families in the 1800’s because there was a lot of sickness. These factories had a lot of people in it so it was likely for there to be diseases and other sicknesses. Dr. Ward in document A stated “they are really nurseries of disease and vice.” These factories are bad because they can cause people to get sick and the people can possibly die from their …show more content…
Children can easily harm themselves in many ways especially in a big, loud, bustling factory. Document A shows just how bad the injuries can be. “When i was a surgeon in the infirmary, accidents were very often admitted to the infirmary, through the children’s hands and arms having being caught in the machinery: in many instances the muscles, and the skin is stripped down to the bone, and in some instances a finger or two might be lost.” Lastly English textile factories were bad for the health of the working class families in the 1800’s because they had to work long hours. The hours you had to work in some of these factories were terrible especially for children. Document C tells just how long these hours can be. “Our regular (working time) time was from five in the morning till nine or ten at night; and on saturday, till eleven, and often twelve o’clock at night, and then we were sent to clean the machinery on the Sunday.” This shows how hard and how long they had to

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