1885

• 1880s


  67% of the population lived in urban areas
• 1872


  Secret Ballot Act
• Central Areas in Towns 


  Municipal buildings and parks improve the lives of the working class
• Improved health and hygiene

  Introduction of public Baths and introduction of Bazelgette‘s sewage system
• 1865 onwards 


  Decline in birth and death rate
• Infant Mortality 


  Does not change until 1948
• Cholera 


  Less spread due to increased understanding of causes of disease. Diseases such as Influenza, Tuberculosis and Smallpox
• 1868 Torrens Act 


  Landlords had to look after properties and councils to increase their housing stock
• Wages 


  Fluctuating
• Depression 


  Not impacted industry as much as agriculture
• 1875 


  Wages increased by 50% but real wages increased by 30% due to price margins
• 1871


  Bank Holiday Act