Life in the city wasn’t great.
London : Charles Baker & Co./Wikimedia Commons
London : Charles Baker & Co./Wikimedia Commons
It could be argued that Victorian England marked the beginning of modern slums, as the influx of large numbers of workers into city centers meant that cheap accommodations had to be built quickly.
These poor-quality lodgings were known as tenements and oftentimes saw entire families — or multiple families — living out of a single room. Building standards were virtually nonexistent, so many of these houses flooded or collapsed.