After reading about the terrible conditions that are described in Oliver Twist, and very sadly true, I think it is important to find out when conditions improved. It took about thirty years after Oliver Twist was published. In 1866, journalists investigated the workhouses, and found the terrible conditions, then wrote pieces on it. The public was already shocked because of the book, and this fueled the outrage. Change began very slow, but things were much better. Overcrowding was better handled, the insane in different facilities, and the sick in hospitals. Still, things were not perfect yet.
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