Cotton Factory Dbq

Although a lot of the people that visited the factories said that the factories were safe we can tell that some of the doctors that did the interviews were paid to say it was healthy although it wasn't. Dr.Ward was interviewed in March 25, 1819 by the House of Lords and said “the state of the health of the cotton-factory children is much worse than that of children employed in other manufacturers.”. He also said “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 stripped down to the bone and in some instances a finger or two might be lost. One piece of evidence that was found on bit.ly on ‘document one’ was that they were basically working for way to long in the factories, and that they only had forty minutes to eat. …show more content…
Ward’s interview and Edward Baines. Dr.ward’s analysis says he is a medical professional who has seen numerous textile mills. His testimony proves the unhealthy nature of those factories compared to others. Edward Baines analysis said that he was a newspapers editor in 1830’s and was elected to parliament (political liberal). My first counterclaim said “Dr.Holmes stated that people in the factories were in a healthy shape but let's consider the fact that Mr. Pooley paid him. My second counterclaim said “Although many people that visited the factories said that they were healthy but we should notice the fact that John Birley was a child in the factories.”. So in conclusion the factories were really unhealthy for the people in the