1. London was a major capital city in the 19th century.
2. It was also an important financial hub (-area).
3. There were hundreds of factories and workhouses.
4. Wealthy people (= rich people) were the owners of the factories and the main employers.
5. There were thousands of poor people, among which many orphans, in the factories.
6. They were exploited and used to make a poor living out of these jobs.
7. There was a lot of injured and killed people because work,
dangerous.
8. Many children didn't have money to go to school, there were all sorts of jobs for
them to do.
9. Finally, working in those factories was so dangerous that many of them got badly injured or even died.
