Poverty

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....iving-life-grime.html

Our politicians constantly state that their government are going to take an increasing number of children out of poverty during their term of office.

Taking a look at these photographs taken 100 years ago, make one realise what poverty was all about.

If our own life styles have improved so much in over 100 years, then why haven't those in other countries such Africa and India also improved likewise?

[emmie]

Quassia not in the same way, there is poverty in Britain, but there is a lot of help out there for those in need. In Victorian times it was likely if you were poor your life expectancy wasn't long, and though i didn't believe it, not because i didn't want to, but had to look up instances of child labour, sending children as young as 5 down the pit, not to dig coal obviously, but to aid the miners, and that is something we don't do now, nor chimney cleaning, which was another job for very young children. For many if you didn't work, you starved.

[Quassia]

Well of course em. Poverty in 2011 may not bring on early death as was the case in Victorian Britain, but people are still suffering ill health through poor nutrition ect.. I was shocked to read in my link that there were cases of scurvy found in Islington .... 2010!!!

[DrFilth]

anotheoldgit
>> DrFilth

/// aog the rich get richer and the poor get poorer ///

It would appear to be so in Venezuela at least judging by your link.

But according to those kids 100 years ago, not in Britain. <<



aog i have picked this one fron the mail as you know it must be true

http://www.dailymail....r-widest-slavery.html

[emmie]

scurvey a deficiency of Vitamin C, well if its only a few cases wouldn't say that was a big problem. If your child dies from lack of food, thats a big problem, and that shouldn't be happening in Britain today. I watched a bit of a report on the problems many people are facing, with cutbacks, food prices, and utility bills going up, think it was ITV. A woman was interviewed and her problems were she had four mouths to feed, she had to give up work because one of the children has autism, and she gets x pounds a week in benefits, and said she was struggling to feed them, but nowhere did it say what the father was doing, or if there was one on the scene. There is a lot you can do to help yourself, no one is saying that some aren't struggling, as to the nutrition side, surely if you can heap junk food on a plate, you can buy something better with the same amount of capital.

[DrFilth]

em some don't want a father on the scene as they are better off money wise without one