Poor living conditions in the cities reached the point that: a. governments adopted measures in an attempt to try to prevent the spread of catastrophic epidemics. b. private corporations took the lead in developing approaches to urban problems. c. corporations began to relocate into rural areas on a very massive scale. d. urban warfare broke out in most European industrial cities. e. factory owners led the way in addressing pollution.

a. governments adopted measures in an attempt to try to prevent the spread of catastrophic epidemics.

Explanation:

During the British industrialization period, the living standard of the people in the English cities fell. A period around 1760 to 1860, even though there were rising wages in the cities, than in the smaller towns, the rents were exorbitant as well as there is lower quality of life in the cities.

In light of this, it got worse to the extent that the governments had to adopt varying measures in an attempt to try to prevent the spread of catastrophic epidemics.

Epidemics such as effects of; war, pollution in the cities, poor and low harvest, urban crowding etc.

in about winter like late november to january