Y9 Assessment (2): a Health Inspector S Report Into 19Th Century Leeds

Y9 Assessment (2): A health inspector’s report into 19th Century Leeds

Name______Target level_____ Class____ Form_____

Level / What you have to do
4
(2) /

Briefly describe and explain why the housing was poor.
Briefly describe and explain what the water supply and sewerage were like.
Briefly describe and explain how people were affected by disease.
Include 1 or 2 key words/terms such as back-to-back houses, privies, and cholera.

5
(3) /

Include an introduction that explains why many people had gone to live in Leeds in the 19th Century.
Describe and explain in some detail why the housing was poor.
Describe and explain in some detail what the water supply and sewerage were like.
Describe and explain in some detail how people were affected by disease.
Include 3 or 4 key words/terms such as back-to-back houses, privies, cholera.
Include a conclusion that summarises living conditions and the reasons for the conditions and how these impacted on people’s health.

6
(4-5) /

Include an introduction that explains why many people had gone to live in Leeds in the 19th Century.
Describe and explain in good detail why the housing was poor
Describe and explain in good detail what the water supply and sewerage were like.
Describe and explain in good detail how people were affected by disease.
Include 5 or 6 key words/terms such as back-to-back houses, privies, cholera.
Include a conclusion that summarises living conditions and the reasons for the conditions and how these impacted on people’s health.

7
(5-6) /

As above, plus using brief quotes from sources to back up points that you make.
As above, but with additional evidence from your own research.

CPG: TG:

19th Century Leeds sources

“They are built back-to-back with no possibility of good ventilation. The cellars are used for storing coal and food. In the coal department there are often kept hens, rabbits and pigeons. The families do all their cooking, washing and other work in a room ten feet by fourteen feet. There is another room this size for sleeping.”
From a report, Leeds, 1858
“By far the most unhealthy areas for Leeds are close squares of houses or yards as they are called. Some of these are airless and are not provided with another drainage or cleaning arrangements and are one mass of filth and damp. The ashes, rubbish and filth of all kinds are thrown from the doors and windows or the houses onto the streets.”
From a report, Leeds, 1845
“I have been in one of the damp cellars without any drainage. Every drop of wet and every bit of dirt have to carried up into the street. There are two beds covered in sacks for 5 people. There is hardly anything to sit on but a stool and a few bricks. The floor is wet in many places and a pig is kept in the corner.”
From a description by Robert Baker, a surgeon and inspector, 1830s
“He has very bad health. The water in front of the house has collected from various sources. The yard has never been dry since he came to it. There is a hole, made by the landlord, to take away the water but it is full of deposit. The stench is so bad, especially after rain, that he and his wife cannot bear it.”
From a description by Robert Baker, on visiting a family in 1842
“The privies are few in proportion to the number of inhabitants. They are open to view in front and rear and are inevitably in a filthy condition. They often remain without any removal of the filth for six months.”
From a report, 1845
“A child from Blue Bell Fold, a small cul-de-sac of twenty houses in a poor part of Leeds, was the first person to die during the terrifying cholera epidemic which hit the city in 1832. Within a few months, over 700 people had died of the disease.”
From a report, 1833