The growth of the mill industry also caused considerable problems of pollution and insanitary conditions in the city.
Insanitary areas were cleared and public health became a major preoccupation.
If the food was made up with contaminated milk or water or in insanitary conditions infants were also exposed to infection.
Significantly, most of these diseases are aggravated by the presence of insanitary conditions and pollution.
This demand was largely met by private landlords adding new storeys to their old insanitary tenements.
This was principally attributed to overcrowding in the 'cubicle' accommodation; poor insanitary conditions on the estates; and poverty among the workers who lived in a state of semi-starvation.
They are insanitary and unfit for human habitation by reason of the manner of their construction.
In the following villages there are numerous insanitary houses which are not fit to be occupied.
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