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    City life changed dramatically in Victorian Britain due to industrial development. This led to overcrowded slums with poor sanitation and housing conditions. The Public Health Act of 1851 aimed to improve living conditions in slums. Local governments worked to provide clean water, sewage systems and other infrastructure to improve public health in growing cities.

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    City life changed dramatically in Victorian Britain due to industrial development. This led to overcrowded slums with poor sanitation and housing conditions. The Public Health Act of 1851 aimed to improve living conditions in slums. Local governments worked to provide clean water, sewage systems and other infrastructure to improve public health in growing cities.

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    City life changed dramatically in Victorian Britain due to industrial development. This led to overcrowded slums with poor sanitation and housing conditions. The Public Health Act of 1851 aimed to improve living conditions in slums. Local governments worked to provide clean water, sewage systems and other infrastructure to improve public health in growing cities.

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    City life in Victorian Britain

    MULTIPLE-CHOICE CLOZE. For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C
    or D) best fits each gap.

    Read the text again and answer the questions.

    1 What changes did the industrial development bring to Britain?


    2 What were Victorian slums like?
    3 Which acts were passed in 1851 and how did they affect the slums?
    4 Who were the workhouses designed to help?
    5 What was done to improve life in the cities?

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