Hidden consequence
Nichols continued: “The physical impact of extreme weather is impossible to ignore. But there is reason to be concerned about another ‘hidden’ consequence of the UK’s increasingly destructive weather – the harm it is doing to people’s mental health.
“For some victims, the psychological toll of flooding is just as devastating as the disaster itself .
“With five million people in England at risk of flooding and climate change intensifying the frequency and severity of extreme weather, a mental health crisis is looming.”
Referring to mental health as the “silent casualty of flooding”, it is important that it is not forgotten alongside the more immediate priorities, he added.
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In 1825, Daniel O’Connell was invited by the House of Lords Select Committee to give a first-hand account of the living conditions in Ireland, which he did in graphic detail.
The UK government was alarmed so it set up a royal commission chaired by the Protestant Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Richard Whately, who was also an economist.
The commission sat for three years and produced a report in 1836 which has a number of voluminous appendices which contain a vast amount of information of great historical value. (They are available at UCD Library Cultural Heritage Collections.)
The difficulty was that in Ireland, unlike Britain, there was no work available. Legislation in 1834 abolished outdoor relief and admission to the poorhouse was mandatory for those claiming relief.