ocument 6: Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844. Every great town has one or more slum areas where the workers strugele through life as best they can out of sight of the more fortunate classes of society. The slums.. are generally unplanned wildernesses of one-or two-storied houses. Wherever possible these have cellars which are also used as dwellings. The streets are usually unpaved, full of holes, filthy and strewn with refuse. Since they have neither gutters nor drains, the refuse accumulates in stagnant, stinking puddles. The view of Manchester is quite typical. The main river is narrow, coal-black and full of stinking filth and rubbish which it deposits on its bank..One walks along a very rough path on the river bank to reach a chaotic group of little, one-story cabins..In front of the doors, filth and garbage abound.. Questions: 1. Why was the living environment unhealthy? 2. Why do you think people lived in such an environment?

ocument 6: Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844. Every great town has one or more slum areas where the workers strugele through life as best they can out of sight of the more fortunate classes of society. The slums.. are generally unplanned wildernesses of one-or two-storied houses. Wherever possible these have cellars which are also used as dwellings. The streets are usually unpaved, full of holes, filthy and strewn with refuse. Since they have neither gutters nor drains, the refuse accumulates in stagnant, stinking puddles. The view of Manchester is quite typical. The main river is narrow, coal-black and full of stinking filth and rubbish which it deposits on its bank..One walks along a very rough path on the river bank to reach a chaotic group of little, one-story cabins..In front of the doors, filth and garbage abound.. Questions: 1. Why was the living environment unhealthy? 2. Why do you think people lived in such an environment?