Diseases during the Industrial Revolution
During the industrial revolution there was a lot of diseases because even thou the industrial
revolution helped the world it also introduced new type of diseases. This where created
because with the new industrial waste they did not have a safe disposal system so it
created many pollution and viruses because of this waste.
Some of those Diseases are:
Cholera:
This is a disease in which an
individual drinks water that
has been in contact with
industrial or radioactive
waste so that makes the
water contaminated.
Typhoid:
This is a type of fever that also is transmitted
because of the contamination of food or water
and this started mainly in the industrial
revolution because the lack of management of
waste.
Hygiene:
This was another problem in the ages of the industrial
revolution because as previously stated the lack of
waste management created a dirty environment that
led to many new illness and health problems.
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