21.I Industrial conditions transformed Flashcards
Women and Children
What did the 1833 Factory Act do? (3)
No children under 9 employed
Under 18s max 12h day
Mill inspectors (only 4 inspectors for 100 mills)
Women and Children
What happened in the 1844 Factory Act?
Women allowed to work 12h a day
Women and Children
What happened in the 1847 Factor Act? +/-
+ Women and children only allowed to work 10hrs a day
- 10.5 h 1850
Men
What did the 1847 factory act do for men?
+/-
Many men only worked 10hs too due to economic slowdown +
Factories used split shifts to get around this -
Men
What happened in the 1853 factory act?
Women and children working hours limited between 6pm and 6am - men also received this as they could not operate the factories on their own
Men
What did the 1844 Factory Act do?
Meant that all machinery had to be caged off - improved health and safety for all workers
Miners
What did the 1842 mines act do? (2)
Banned women and children under 10 from working in mines
(Children under 19 had made up 1/3 of workers)
Mines
When did the Royal School of Mines open? What did they do?
1851
Provided qualified inspectors
Mines
What event in 1856 demonstrates that legislation was being enforced?
A mine manager was prosecuted for an explosion
Mines
What did the 1860 mines act do?
Inspections were required
Mines
How did mines become more dangerous?
90m mines in the 18th century compared to 300’m mines by 1850
Mines
Were mining conditions transformed?
Trimdon Grange mining accident 1882
- 72 dead
- LT problems with mines still sustained
