[grndn]

For a counterpoint, see the "Victorian Bakers" doc from the BBC: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4h8mty. See 11 min mark for bakery conditions and 23:30 for flour adulteration. The free market at its finest with no regulation.

[nickik]

How is that a counterpoint? The video did not claim that during this nobody would ever have bad working condition.

Also, what possible society could you imagen where during that time you could support citis of a massivly growing population with a constant stream of bread without people actually doing that sort of work.

Only because bread could actually be supplied to so many people was it ever possible for Britain to grow so large in population and basically invent the modern world.