What England Looked like Between 1750 and 1900

What England Looked like Between 1750 and 1900

In England between 1750-1900 the population rose quite noticeably.

This is shown in the graph below:

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There are many reasons for the rise. One of the reasons is that

working as well as living conditions started improving. Numerous

amounts of Health Act Services were passed which improved conditions.

Slowly people started realising the fact that they were living in such

poor conditions. People became more aware of diseases and so streets

were much cleaner, houses were better and public toilets were

eliminated.

Another thing is during this time period because of the fact that

living conditions started to improve people started to live for a

longer period of time therefore the death rate decreased. An example

is that in the 1800's the average age a person lived up to was 30. In

1850 it was 41 and in 1900 it was 50 years. The Birth Rate also

decreased. A reason for the less birth rate was because less people

had babies as each child survived for a longer age. One more evidence

for the fact that there was a rise in population was that since many

more people became unemployed and the population grew there were many

more emigrants and so they went to different countries like USA.

Urbanisation

In the period of 1750-1900 there was a great shift between the rural

and urban areas. Many more towns started developing. Below is a graph

showing this:

Rural

Urban

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The reason for the change between rural and urban is that because of

Richard Arkwright's idea of people working in the factory. Many

factories were built around England. People shifted from farms to

towns because of the fact that factories provided more jobs. Some

factories provided homes for the family and certain employment for the

family. Education was also provided as well as regular markets, a

church and an annual festival. People saw this as very good for them

and a way to earn more money so they moved to towns.