... unfit to live in during industrialisation due to bad living health and environmental causes, such bad housing, standards of living, and many infectious diseases like cholera. There have been many debates over standards of living by two groups of historians. The 'optimists' who say that living standards improved during the period of industrial revolution (roughly between 1780 1850) and in contrast, the 'pessimists' who argue against the disadvantages of industrialisation.. These historical perceptions always act as barriers for the focus of disagreements about the effects of industrialisation on environment and health.4 I will be focusing on how industrialisation affected the health and environment of inhabitants and of employees from working in factories to homes. And how the impact of governments term "laissez faire"5 led to changes Things did start off very quickly and soon led to improvements like the 1833 factory act.6 I would say industrialisation has had a major impact on health ...

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