Social Classes During The Victorian Era
During the Victorian Era, there was a jurassic difference between the lifestyles of social classes, one being the types of food they ate. Lower class families would live off of small serving sizes and the majority of the food that they ate were either low quality and not healthy. The higher class dined off of larger servings to the point where they had leftovers and were fortunate to have three meals a day. The staples that made up a meal for a lower class family consisted of bread, sugar, butter, cheese, tea, salt, and potatoes. Because of the lack of nutrients and other things required to sustain a healthy lifestyle, there were difficulties in the growth of children and weaker immune systems which caused for more illnesses. Middle class families