Why Did English Textile Factories Kill People?

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English textile factories could kill people. They are not good at all and a lot of people got injured working in them including children and adults. How could people work in an environment where it is hard to breathe or where people were losing body parts like hands and fingers? Many of the workers got diseases and become ill however then they got others sick. The people who worked at the factories would completely disagree with what the people outside the factory said but the factories were bad. Dr. Ward explained how it was very hard for him to even stay in the factory for ten minutes and there were small children working there for hours everyday. He also explains that many children got injured and sick because the factory was so unhealthy

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