The New Mass Society of the Nineteenth Century Following the industrial revolution began a time of new mass social problems and change. The new industrialized society lead to problems in population, housing, unemployment, health issues and social reform. The changes that resulted from the new society lead to new ideas in medicine, social reform and the birth of a new middle class. The rise of new machinery following the industrial revolution lead former farmers to migrate into the cities in search of new jobs This rise in population lead to the formation of new towns. The rural migrants who moved