Understanding the Impact of Injury and Infection among the Workers and the Wealthy of the Quarry Bank Mill (1847-1920)

Quarry Bank Mill是英国领先的工业遗址之一。这是一个主要的棉纺和编织区，居住着一个工业社区。1845年，弗里德里希·恩格斯（Friedrich Engels）将其紧张的工作环境和“家庭经营”的阶级结构描述为“父权制奴役”的场所。这个博士研究其社区的健康和福祉。在历史编纂中的一个关键干预是比较和对比富有的业主，格雷格家族，与工人，特别是围绕健康，受伤和感染。该项目将利用当前的科学研究为历史理解提供信息。磨坊可以用来探讨更广泛的问题，即过去和现在的健康状况不佳和受伤如何使人们陷入贫困。

Quarry Bank Mill is one of Britain's leading industrial heritage sites. It was a prime cotton-spinning and weaving estate, housing an industrial community. In 1845, Friedrich Engels described its intense working environs and 'family run' class structure as a site of 'patriarchal servitude'. This PhD examines the health and wellbeing of its community. A key intervention in the historiography is to compare and contrast the wealthy owners, the Greg family, with the workers, especially around health, injury and infection. The project will use current scientific research to inform historical understanding. The Mill can be used to explore the wider question of how ill-health and injury traps people in poverty both in the past and present.