2023 attitude of gov to factory reform 33-70 Flashcards

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change

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  • 10 hour movement endorsed by MPs and lords e.g. Lord Ashley, Bull and Oastler (MPs)
  • Lord Ashley proposed 10 hour clause in multiple factory reform bills e.g. 1838, 1839 and 1840
  • 1847 factory act banned 10+ hour week for women and children
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change - however

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  • 1834 PLAA centralised the control of workhouses, only 3 commissioners for the whole country
  • impossible to enforce the law
  • legal change but not proper change
  • Oastler and Bull only endorsed the change because they thought it would improve productivity
  • don’t truly care
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not changed

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  • hours had improved but still not conditions
  • Andover scandal in 1842
  • 1859 - 13 year old Martha Appleton loses all fingers in a factory incident
  • fired with no compensation
  • 59,580 miner deaths between 1850 and 1900
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not changed - however

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  • 1842 royal commission report into mine conditions cause public outrage leading to 1842 mine act
  • banning children under 10 from working under ground
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