Housing and overcrowding
What Housing and overcrowding means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Housing was basic in medieval times, and rapid urbanisation during the Industrial Revolution led to overcrowded back-to-back housing.
Families were often crammed into single rooms or damp cellars in poorly built back-to-back terraces.
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