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Overview changing quality of life
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- 1Changing quality of lifeChanging quality of life
- 2What did the post war slump of 1921 do to the poorest families?-Wages fell
-Some got by on 5 pounds per week - 3What happened in 1930?-For most living standards rose
-wages higher the retail prices
-Cost of living by 1/3 1920-38 - 4QOL 1899-1936Rowntree estimated in York it rose 30% due to increase wages
- 5What happened to the size of families? Did this help or hurt?-Increased wages boosted by smaller families
-A lot of this due to availability
-4.6 children in 1880s to 2.19 in 1920
-Incomes were less thinly spread - 6What was health like during WWI?-in short term disastrous
-702,000 died
-1,670,000 injured
-1921, 1,187450 were receipt of disability pensions - 7How did the reordering of society to suit needs of war economy have a positive impact? (DORA)Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) 1914: forced restrictions on alc consumption limiting pub open hours, this combined with other forms of entertainment caused amount spent on alc to decrease
- 8Another positive impact? (Rationing and Education)-Rationing and Education (provision of meals) Act
-Promoted healthy diets
-Despite substantial class variation, 1936 food, health, and income study concluded average diet was better than 1914 - 93rd positive impact? (Healthcare)-Healthcare improved
-1922, infant mortality was 1/2 1900 levels
-Medical advances and better sanitation, fewer people died of Tuberculosis and Typhoid, more people lived beyond 65 - 10What was still a problem?-geriatric care was still limited
-life expectancy beyond 65 had not improved
-Regional variations meant poor diet contributed to higher infant morality in Wales (5.17/1000) than in Kensington (.86/1000) - 11How were reigions affected economically?-Parts of country reliant on traditional industries fared less well
-Those with a large service sector or new industries took off
-This was particularly due to The Great Depression - 12Examples of places that thrived?-Clydeside (shipbuilding)
-Lancashire (textiles)
-South Wales (mining)
-W.Midlands (automative) - 13Why did these industries thrive?-reliance on exports
-exports suffered after WWI
-Continental need to replace war damaged machinery which was not expierenced in Britain - 14What happened with unemployment?-never fell below 1m 1921-40
-rose to 3m 1932-33
-unlike pre 1918, this was usually long term
-5% claimed relief in 1929, jobless for a year
-relief claim rose to 16.4% in 1932
-Beveridge 1944 calculated 44% was in North, Scotland, Wales - 151932 shipbuilders and automotive?-62% shipbuilders unemployed
-automotive 20% - 16What is meant by consumption?Consumption pattrens reflect regional variations in income and unemployment
- 17How was car ownership?-20% S.E
-12% N - 18What did the electrifacation of the country do?-Brought about the 1926 Electrical Supply Act, created the national grid
-Important factor in growing consumption (730,000 consumers 1920, 9m in 1938) - 19What was the problem with this?-Too regional
-Electrical consumption 861kwh SE vs 386 kWh NE (1938)
-NE also used higher proportion electricity for heating rather than labour saving devices - 20What was electrifacation like for poorer people?-Consumerism did spread to M/C before 1939
-for poorer it was held back by high prices and running costs
-Luxuries such as washing machienes and fridges remaned a W/C phenomenon
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