... to factories that heavily polluted the air. In these slums, disease was rife and many died from cholera, typhoid, tuberculosis and many more. Some died from injuries at work, where an arm was cut off and the wound turned septic. According to Edwin Chadwick's 'Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain' which was published in 1842; the average age of death depended on class and on where you lived. The results show that people generally lived longer in the countryside and people of a higher class lived longer than those who worked in the factories. The average age of death for the working class in Leeds was just nineteen years of age compared to thirty-eight in a rural area. This report recommended that the government should organise proper drainage and refuse collection, provide a pure water supply and appoint a Medical Officer of Health. However, these ...

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