That tells you she was so hungry, she would risk going to jail to get food. To add to soup kitchens problems, they’re often unsanitary. Dirt and such could stain the walls and basically anything to be found in the building. It’s a last resort place but in reality, it’s a resort to many. Meals in soup kitchens don’t follow very good health guidelines either.
The worker’s eating habits also became considerably worse, eating a fifth of the total amount of meat eaten in 1905. An average workers’ wage had decreased to a third of what it was originally in 1918 at the beginning of Lenin’s reign. Also in 1939, Stalin had introduced fees for education which ensured that workers had little means to pay for it therefore little access to education. Although the living conditions under the tsars were very poor, there were reforms made to ensure that the workers’ interests were at heart. This is demonstrated through the introduction of the decree in 1882 which forbade children under 12 years old from participating in labour by Alexander III.
Indian labor became a supply. This eventually failed and Jamestown was finally convinced to grow food for themselves, after believing that the Indian workers were lazy and negligent. When really, they were worked until extreme exhaustion. The citizens were so dependent on things, that they usually starved. Even when they started working they misbehaved.
The conditions were so bad many people ended up unable to work due to sickness or death from either the meat or exhaustion. Sinclair made it clear that the poor peasants were the hardest working and received nothing in return. His passion in writing is so deep for the lower class folks when he expresses the value of each individual in Jurgis’ group and their drive to keep
In 1605-1612, the colonists experienced the longest drought (Doc B). Because of the lack of rain, they weren’t able to grow crops (Doc B). The seasons also caused diseases to spread (Doc E). The occupations of the colonists contributed to the colonist dying. They brought gentlemen, rich men that didn’t work with their hands, and they wanted other people to build their houses and hunt for their food (Doc C).
John Smith said, "...one amongst the rest did kill his wife, powdered [i.e., salted] her, and had eaten part of her." ( The starving time pg.2) This shows that the colonists were so daspreat for food that they did anything to obtain it. Not only did the colonists spend most of their time looking for gold but they also had little agricultural experiance. To make things worse, the land of which they setteled on was swampy and desease infested. John Smith said, "The colonists, a group with little agricultural experience and weighted with gentry, instead found a swampy and disease-ridden site."
It was a terrible price to pay, especially for the poor who were starving. Small actions such as stealing a birds eggs could result in the death sentence. Punishment was also based on the time the crime was committed. Crime at night resulted in death, where as crime during the day did not. Having the occupation as a “poor beggar” was considered illegal and the punishment would to be beaten.
Reading about the beatings was bad enough, but when I read about the starvation and the types of food that were given to these children, I wanted to stop reading this book. The food that was given to these children was nothing better than slop that you would give to a pig. The book mentions that hunger was a continual and symptomatic
(69 words) 4. Between the 1820’s and 1860’s housing , nutrition , and diseases all had an large impact on the lives of slaves. Because of the horrible nutrition and houses and the disease , this was the early death of many slaves. Slaves would get diseases like sickle cells or small pox’s because of the weather in the south slaves didn’t , slaves didn’t eat very well , there bodies were not getting the correct nutrient it needed. And because of the poor sanitation that food and water were supplied in slaves had very bad housing.
Hookworm bred where there was poor sanitation but was caught mostly by children and adults who had no shoes. The worst thing about malaria, yaws and hookworm was that they led to weakness which could last for life. Some surveys showed that hardly anyone of the working population was freed from such diseases. Poor sanitation helped worsen the situation. There was a lack of running water and improper sewage facilities in most of the areas.