Conditions in the growing towns were dreadful. With no
proper water supply or piped drainage systems, waste was thrown into the street
and left to rot.
This waste frequently contaminated the water supply.
Smoke from the large number of factory chimney's was also a problem for those
living near their place of work.
There are three sources to study in
this section.
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| Source 3A is a photograph
of boys playing by the Molendinar Burn around 1890.
Click to enlarge
the image, then answer the following question.
Question
- How useful is Source 3A for investigating the causes of poor health in
Scotland in the late nineteenth century?
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| Source 3B | | |
| Source 3B is a cartoon entitled
"The Giants of Rollox". These were the huge chimneys of the St. Rollox Chemical
Works in Glasgow. It was included in a book called The Chronicles of Gotham in
1856.
Click to enlarge the image, then answer the following question.
Question
- In what ways the cartoon suggest Glasgow
suffered from smoke nuisance?
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| Source 3C shows evidence
given by Agnes Macfarlane in a court case about a smoke nuisance in the early
nineteenth century.
Click to enlarge the image, then answer the following
questions.
Questions
- Why was Agnes
Macfarlane concerned about the smoke from the local chemical works?
- What
effect did she claim the smoke had on her health?
- What effect
did the smoke have on the things in the garden?
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