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Employment
20,000 apprentices employed in cotton mills -
Health and Morals of Apprentices Act
The first piece of factory legislation -
Cotton Mills Act
No child to be employed under the age of nine in cotton mills -
Factory Act of 1831
Limits working day to 12 hours for those under 18 -
Factory Act of 1833
No children under nine to be employed in factories; most important provision was the appointment of factory inspectors -
Poor Law Amendment Act
Reorganises poor relief under central control -
Chimney Sweeps Act
Raises minimum age of apprenticeship to 10 -
Further Acts 1840,1864,1875
passed to limit the employment of children by chimney sweeps; only the last has any effect -
Mines and Collieries Act
Women and young children under 10 forbidden to work in mines -
Factories Act
Introduces safety regulation in factories -
Factories Act ('Ten Hours Act')
Establishes the ten hour day for women and young people aged 13-18 -
Coal Mines Inspection Act
Appoints inspectors of coal mines -
Census of work in coal mines
Census reveals more than 24,000 boys under 15 working in coalmining -
Cotton Industry employment
Cotton industry employing 255,000 men, 272,000 women; woollen industry employing 171,000 men, 113,000 women -
Coal Mines Regulation Act
Raises age limit for boys from 10 to 12 -
Factory Acts (Extension) Act
Brings all factories employing more than 50 people within the terms of all existing factory legislation; forbids the employment of children, young people and women on Sundays -
Coal Mines Regulation Act
Pit managers to have training -
Mines Regulation Act
Home Secretary empowered to appoint official inquiries into mine accidents -
Factory and Workshop (Consolidating) Act
Raises minimum age of employment in factories to 11; consolidates all previous safety and sanitary regulations