Factory Acts 1802 - 1864

Question 1

What were the provisions of the 1802 ‘Health and morals of Apprentices’ Act

Answer 1

required better treatment of apprentices and factories to be kept clean

Question 2

1819 - Cotton Mills and Factory Act

Answer 2

illegal to employ children under 9 and 9 - 16 year olds day was limited to 12 hours

Question 3

1831 Factory Act

Answer 3

limits working day for those under 18 to 12 hours a day

Question 4

1833

Answer 4

No Child under the age of 9 employed in factories
9 - 13 year olds limited to 8 hours a day
13 - 18 year olds 12 hours a day
under 13s 2 hours ed a day
Inspectorate of Factories established

Question 5

1842 Mining Act

Answer 5

illegal for women and children to work underground

Question 6

1844 Factory Act

Answer 6

restricted women’s working hours in the textile industry and moderate safety precautions introduced

Question 7

1847 - 10 Hour Act

Answer 7

10 hour day introduced for women and children (Richard Oastler and George Bull)

Question 8

1848

Answer 8

Public Health Act

Question 9

Provisions of the 1850 Factory Act

Answer 9

women and children work 6 AM to 6 PM in summer and 7 AM to 7 PM in winter
work to finish at 2 PM on saturdays

Question 10

1853 Factory Act

Answer 10

extends regular hours to children aged 8 - 13

Question 11

1856 Factory Act

Answer 11

repeals some of the safety features established in 1844

Question 12

1860 Bleach and Dye Works Act

Answer 12

brings these industries under the same restrictions

Question 13

1864 Factory Act

Answer 13

Extends restrictions to the pottery and paper industries

Question 14

Why was Factory Reform opposed

Answer 14

laissez faire arguments

Question 15

Limitations of the 1833 Factory Act

Answer 15

only applied to the textile industry

Inspectorate only comprised of 4 men

Question 16

who led the tories in 1841 and supported the 1844 factory act?

Answer 16

Robert Peel - reflects changing Victorian societal morals

Question 17

What did Edwin Chadwick publish in 1842

Answer 17

‘The sanitary condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain’ - concluded that disease resulted from poor living standards

Question 18

What was established in 1844 to pressurise the government to pass a Public Health Act?

Answer 18

The Health of Towns Association - single issue politics, built off of the Anti Corn Law league

Question 19

describe the 1848 Public Health Act

Answer 19

created Central Board of Health
Local boards only set up in areas where there were 23/1000 mortality rates
wasn’t enforced

Question 20

1866 Sanitation Act

Answer 20

compulsory inspections

disregard for quarantine during disease outbreak was punishable