Your parents might complain about their extensive work hours as well as how they are repetitively being undermined by their boss and their coworkers.
Little did they know that in the Victorian Era both adults and children had it far worse than your parents could imagine.
Textile factories were bad for English workers because they were dangerous and the workers were abused.
Factories in the Victorian Era were unsanitary and held highly dangerous machinery that workers were subjected to use on a daily basis.
Dr. Ward, a doctor who visited factories and treated various workers can attest to injuries sustained in the factory.
When Dr. Ward was, “a surgeon in the infirmary” he observed , “childrens hands and arms being caught in the machinery,” and that in many instances the “muscles, and the skin is stripped …show more content…
The small cotton fibers would fly around the factory. ¨The particles impeded respiration or would irritate the bronchial membrane,¨ (Document D).
Not only did the workers have such bad machinery as well as the lacking of fresh air, the workers also were forced to go through years of abuse especially the children.
Factories during the Victorian Era were infamous because of the fact that their employees were being abused as well as mistreated.
Workers worked extensive hours with a minuscule amount of pay.
John Birley, a man who worked at a factory, spoke about his struggles there as a child. ¨Our regular 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, then we were sent to clean the machinery on the Sunday. No time was allowed for breakfast and not sitting for dinner and no time for tea¨(Document C).
With the lack of sanitary equipment as well as these barbaric hours, factory companies expect the workers not to take any breaks and thrive off of non nutritious
Little did they know that in the Victorian Era both adults and children had it far worse than your parents could imagine.
Textile factories were bad for English workers because they were dangerous and the workers were abused.
Factories in the Victorian Era were unsanitary and held highly dangerous machinery that workers were subjected to use on a daily basis.
Dr. Ward, a doctor who visited factories and treated various workers can attest to injuries sustained in the factory.
When Dr. Ward was, “a surgeon in the infirmary” he observed , “childrens hands and arms being caught in the machinery,” and that in many instances the “muscles, and the skin is stripped …show more content…
The small cotton fibers would fly around the factory. ¨The particles impeded respiration or would irritate the bronchial membrane,¨ (Document D).
Not only did the workers have such bad machinery as well as the lacking of fresh air, the workers also were forced to go through years of abuse especially the children.
Factories during the Victorian Era were infamous because of the fact that their employees were being abused as well as mistreated.
Workers worked extensive hours with a minuscule amount of pay.
John Birley, a man who worked at a factory, spoke about his struggles there as a child. ¨Our regular 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, then we were sent to clean the machinery on the Sunday. No time was allowed for breakfast and not sitting for dinner and no time for tea¨(Document C).
With the lack of sanitary equipment as well as these barbaric hours, factory companies expect the workers not to take any breaks and thrive off of non nutritious