Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-09-04
CONDITION or THE WORKING CLASSES
or GREAT BRITAIN.

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The reports Of the House OF Commons upon the
condition Of the working classes of Great Britain
present n picture appalling and Truly horrifying-
These reports are iuefngable evidences Of the
physical and moral degradation Of the working and
humber classes OF Great Britain. and are. no doubt.
the silent causes of the late. and indeed present dts
turbcd and dissatisfied state Of the people, Cor no.
thing so quickly evokes frUm its murky habuaiions
the spirit of revolt. rs poverty. The following is
Condensed statement Of the returns contained IN
the reports alluded to.
Nottingham has a population of ) o 900. Within
The town. which consists Of ! 900 houses. there are
FROM 1000 to 5000 built back to back. Whep the
cholera ragged, many lows of houses were found To
be plnced upon drains, which were shallow. and
SIMPLY covered with tho boards Of The sitting roam
fh.ors. These, when shrunk. allowed noxious smell
to rise. The health and morals Of the residents sui.
Tered greatly from the state of their dwellings
The population of Liverpool consists Of $50 600
There are in the borough OF Liverpool Z 1862 inhab.
tied cellars; dark, damp, confined III veniila ted aud
dirty, These cellars contain onc-ffh of The work.
ing classes, being % 900. and Of the whole popuia.
lion they contain oneseventh. There 2210 courts
m which there are SIX or seven families. and few OF
these courts have more than one outlet. Mlnches.
ter population 100000. IL was ascctiained that
twelve per cent Of the working population live in
cellars. There are Of that class l2S232 persons
Of whom 1866 live ia cellars. Ia Slliord there
are 1891 Of the working classes. 1895 of whom
dwell IN cellars. IL is stated that Of $1,000 dwell
lings Of the working classes. which were examined
lS.1OO were I'LL furnished, and lO.i00 scarcely
comfortable. In Bury the population is 25 ,000.-
The following statement of The condition Of 3 OU(
Of The families of The working closes Of this plac,
IS most revolving. Ia 7S1 houses they slept three u
fur m n bed; ia 207 they slept four To five in bed
and IN az they slept five Ia SIX in n bed. This aw
iul statement must rouse the honest aud religion
Indignation Of every Englishmun. Bristol popula
tion 10000. Ofl2J9 families, consisting Of 90,
UOU persons; 500 families have but one room; 63t
houses have no sewers; aud 1904 houses are with
ont water, or are supplied with very bad water
Newcastle on'Tync, population g 1000. The exam
: Incr o! tits place reports "a follows: In many part
the dwellings are close, dirty and miserable, with
out order or comfort, whole families inhabIiing
single room and living Ia an atmosphere totally IN
endurablc, The mind cannot picture a state q
greater desiiiuiion aud misery. Leeds population
oO.OuO. ID 10 700 houses. 10 GOO are under fII
per annum, and contain 81 900 Of the working elias
. scs. The streets are very bad, ore halfof which mr.
hung with linen, and arc impossible 10 horses
The northwest ward contains l5.IO0 working peo
: pic. and has % streets. OF these, three have sew
D cTs, twelve Of them partly; 30 are without sewer
and 40 are unknown. In 1889 the deaths IN Iced
q were lao and n half Glasgow: Mr.. Simon,Is. III
commissioner, speaking Of this city says:-"Uniil
4 visited the wynds Of Glasgow, | did not beliey
~ aAhr ttltlf intI III
r disease existed in any civilized country. la IN
lower lodging hOnscs. ten. twelve, and sometime
= 20 persons, of both sexes aud all agcs. sleep promi
, cuously on the floor, in different degrees Of NAKED
ncss. These places are such as no person Of CON
mon humanity would stable his horses IN. The low
CT parts Of several Of these houscs are spirit shop
pawn shops and eating houses. I he population q
these wrcichcd districts is probably 80, 900, il eel
family exceeds 10000 persons who are passin
, through The rapid career of prosiIiuIion, drunken
ness aud disease. The number Of persons who hnr
died last year wa 1920, ar one TO every twenr
three and a half of the IppulIliou; and Of that nun
her about lSO died of iyphus, u disease which ney
or leaves Glasgow" IL appears from another state
ment, that. in 1895. the number Of persons attack,
by fever was G,lS0; in 1896, lO,092, and IN 1897
81 500.
Surely snch an amount of human misery canno
but be contemplated with horror, and cannot fail .
arouse The tender iPelngs OfIhe humane and bcne
VIOLENT, upon whom heaven showers wealth, 4
some eilou In rescue their fellow creatures from n,
abyss OF physical and moral dcbaNemcnt.
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