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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…
Photograph of Crozier’s Row, Belfast, 1911 by Alexander Hogg
Poverty and public health in Belfast, 1888-1914
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…
Johnstone’s Court, Belfast, 1912 by Alexander Hogg
Poverty and public health in Belfast, 1888-1914
