Why working conditions were so bad in mills

In Britain and in the United States, working conditions in the mills during the industrial revolution were all but good. In Britain, lots of children got many different diseases and mutilations because of the grueling work and long hours. One kid’s hand swelled so big that they amputated it. When they opened it up the inside of the bone had no marrow. Although the conditions in Britain were much worse, the factories in both countries were hazardous. In Britain, the main reason that the conditions were so bad was because of the large population of children. There were so many children that the factory owners didn’t need to make the factories a good place because no matter what the children would be working to make money for their poor families. The reason there was such a large population of children was because Britain had no more land and it was just a small island. However, in the US there was westward expansion so mill owners needed to make conditions good to attract workers.