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Photograph of Crozier’s Row, Belfast, 1911 by Alexander Hogg
Poverty and public health in Belfast, 1888-1914
Photograph of Christian Place, Belfast, 1912 by Alexander Hogg
Poverty and public health in Belfast, 1888-1914
Household Return for the McPhillips family of Christian Place, Belfast from the 1911 Census of Ireland.
Poverty and public health in Belfast, 1888-1914
Charter granting Belfast City status, 1888
Poverty and public health in Belfast, 1888-1914
Growing Pains
Belfast’s economic success and growth was not without its price. The city experienced increased problems of overcrowding, housing, sanitation and public health. While the existing housing stock was of good quality, it was seriously inadequate for the…
Cartoon attacking the City of Belfast Christian Civic Union, 1906
Poverty and public health in Belfast, 1888-1914
Work
Occupation and ill health were closely connected in industrial cities such as Belfast. By 1910 there were 75,000 linen operatives in Belfast of which five sixths were women. The dusty, hot, cramped and damp conditions in many mills were conducive to…