Working conditions in America and Great Britain.

We all know that the working conditions in the mills in both America and Great Britain were not great, but let’s find out what was so bad about them. First off, there was a large amount of factory accidents caused by machinery. Kids were having bones broken, skin ripped off or even fingers cut off. At one point there was 47 kids’ injuries from the machine. This was nearly half of the kids that worked there, which was 106. Another problem was the how brutal the punishment was if you didn’t work well enough. For example, one kid was not able to keep up machine, so he was beaten by the over looker. Secondly, the workers had an absurd amount of hours to work, this caused them to sustain physical injuries. Kids could move their bones in any direction they wanted because the bone was so soft. Finally, kids did not have great nutrition because they were not fed well or at all. They were not allowed to have breakfast and no sitting time for dinner. The only food they were feed were oatcake with cans of milk, as you can guess it was not a lot to eat and it wasn't proper nutrition. I do not think one country was better than other because they both didn't have good working conditions.