Factory Acts

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  • Factory Act 1833

    • Children are prohibited from working in textile factories under 9 years of age.
    • Children from 9 to 13 years old are limited to 9 hours a day and 48 hours a week.
    • Children from 13 to 18 years old are limited to 12 hours a day and 69 hours a week.
    • All children under the age of 11 will have two hours of education per day.

  • 1842 Mines and Collieries Act

    • All women and children under the age of 10 were prohibited from working underground.
    • No one under the age of 15 should work in the mines.

  • Factory Act 1844

    • From 9 to 13 years old you should have to work a maximum of six and a half hours from Monday to Friday and only six hours on Saturdays.
    • From 14 to 18 years old you should have to work a maximum of 12 hours a day and the same applies to women.
    • The ages of working children had to be verified by the surgeons.
    • Three hours of education per day for children under 9 years old.

  • 1850 Mines Act

    • Legal workday from 6 to 6pm.
    • He gave powers to mine inspectors to go underground.

  • 1878 The Factory and Workshop Act

    • Children under 10 years old could not working

  • 1880 The Education Act

    • Compulsory school for children under 10 years.

  • 1891 Factory Act

    • Children under 11 years old did not work

  • 1902 Education Act:

    • The secondary school system appears