When people started rushing into cities this caused contractors to hurry and build the fastest houses they could so people could move in, but this only negatively affected society. In document four it is stated, “Sanitary arrangements were often non-existent, and many toilets were of the “earth-closet” variety”. The new population brought new problems like sanitary arrangements being little to none, human waste was dumped wherever necessary. Many members of society would throw the waste outside far way from the houses as possible but the waste would sometimes seep into the ground contaminating ground water reserves. This caused the contaminated ground water to carry disease causing germs to affect the people, the most frightening diseases being Cholera. In document four it stated, “However, in the poorer districts, the solid waste was just heaped into a large pile close to the houses”. Airborne sickness would just gather around the heaps of trash and human waste causing illness to spread throughout entire neighborhoods affecting the nearby population. Many diseases would spread
When people started rushing into cities this caused contractors to hurry and build the fastest houses they could so people could move in, but this only negatively affected society. In document four it is stated, “Sanitary arrangements were often non-existent, and many toilets were of the “earth-closet” variety”. The new population brought new problems like sanitary arrangements being little to none, human waste was dumped wherever necessary. Many members of society would throw the waste outside far way from the houses as possible but the waste would sometimes seep into the ground contaminating ground water reserves. This caused the contaminated ground water to carry disease causing germs to affect the people, the most frightening diseases being Cholera. In document four it stated, “However, in the poorer districts, the solid waste was just heaped into a large pile close to the houses”. Airborne sickness would just gather around the heaps of trash and human waste causing illness to spread throughout entire neighborhoods affecting the nearby population. Many diseases would spread