What Were Factory Conditions During The Industrial Revolution

In the 1780’s one of the most world-changing revolutions occurred in Great Britain. The Industrial Revolution was extremely important in bringing today’s technology to the modern world. This innovation delivered current machinery, factories and cheaper goods throughout the globe. However, factory conditions were deadly, many owners used child labor and tenants spread disease that killed millions. This made the Industrial Revolution overall a poor thing for human life. Tenants, where factory workers and their families lived, were filled with problems. They had no filtration, making the air dirty and unsafe and were extremely cramped. This lead to deadly disease spreading quickly. One such disease was tuberculosis, which was spread by breathing in infected air by someone who had already contracted the disease. Without a good filtration system in the tenants, tuberculosis spread very easily. It was thought to have caused one-third of deaths over a fifty year period. Another disease spread by unsanitary conditions during this period was cholera. Without water filtration or sewers, waste got into their water. Another issue faced during the Industrial Revolution was factory conditions.
Factories were filled with dirty machinery, unguarded by railing. It was not uncommon for workers to fall in or get their arms caught into belts. The majority of workers also worked extremely long hours, working fourteen hours a day, six days a week. The air at factories was nearly as bad as tenants, as machinery was powered by coal and left workers covered in black soot by the end of the day. However the worst conditions were in coal mines. Tunnels would cave in and coal dust filled the air. Many times children would be used to do the jobs of mining as they were small enough to allow for smaller tunnels and they were the cheapest