The Industrial Revolution in Britain's history is marked as the period of great development which led to the modern era of growth, improved living standards and technology. Furthermore, this revolution was not just limited to Britain; it affected the rest of Europe and America in the same positive way. Due to the success of the Industrial Revolution in many countries, it is now commonly cited as the surest way for a country to develop. In economics, the goals of a developed country are high production of goods, high gross domestic product (GDP), low unemployment and sustained growth; during an industrial revolution all these goals are achieved. However, although the main objective of RE is to improve the living standards of the population, the actual success when compared with the social cost is questionable. It is accepted that RE has improved the living standards of many; created a new class, which Marx called the “bourgeoisie,” which had control over wealth, decisions, and helped improve the lives of many others. However, many historians see this new class as “rapacious landowners and conscienceless capitalists” [9] who exploited the working class for their own benefit. To the majority of the "working class... the 'Industrial Revolution'... must have appeared... like a gigantic and cruel experiment, which, insofar as it affected their home, their health, their livelihood and their pleasure, was proving to be a disastrous failure” [9]. Therefore, this group will be examined to determine the broader effects of IR on society. From an economic perspective, RE has significantly improved the life of an average worker. In the previous era, the production of goods depended on a few highly skilled workers creating goods in a small workshop. However, due to poor production, the... medium of paper ...sound that her employer had not provided her with the necessary equipment to protect herself, even though her work took place in a noisy environment. Furthermore, despite being a weaver, she was forced to stand during her work, which could also be done sitting, due to circumstances controlled by her employer. However, Susan was not the only one to suffer this; Cobbett, in his political register, describes the terrible conditions in which workers in general found themselves [10]. He writes that the factories were "cramped," the temperature "hovered around eighty degrees," and workers were not allowed to take breaks. These working conditions would lead to transference of disease, hyperthermia and possibly death from exhaustion. Therefore, it is evident that the workers did not have a good environment to work in, indeed, the conditions negatively affected their health both in the short and long term..