What caused the rapid growth of European cities in the early nineteenth century, and how did this affect the poor working classes who lived there?

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The Answer is Answer would ideally include the following. Although Europe did experience a population increase at this time, the rapid population growth in European cities in the early nineteenth century was the result of rural emigration, not natural increase through more births. People left the countryside because they were forced off the land by agricultural improvements, or they could no longer earn enough to support themselves and their families, or they were attracted to urban life and higher wages. They migrated to the cities in hopes of finding work. Housing and public services could not keep up with this dramatic urban expansion, and the poor and working classes faced drastic overcrowding. Sanitary services were either rudimentary or nonexistent, resulting in filthy conditions that bred epidemic and communicable diseases, such as cholera or tuberculosis, as well as causing widespread misery and despair.

What Caused the Rapid Growth of European Cities in the Early