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Factory Conditions
- Factory Owners
- Because there were very few laws
about working conditions factory
owners made their own rules
- factory owners took advantage of
the fact that there were few laws
- Women and children
were treated the worst
- Some children
employee's had their
parents working at
the mill too
- Some
children
were
orphans
- Mill owners agreeed to feed,
clothe and house children who
were orphans or didnt have a
house
- They lived in a house near the Mill
- They lived in a house near the Mill
- Some children
employee's had their
parents working at
the mill too
- More children were
employed than adults
- Cheaper
- More agile (to clean
under machines)
- Smaller fingers (to piece
thread back together)
- Cheaper
- Because there were very few laws
about working conditions factory
owners made their own rules
- Improvement in
conditions
- Laws were passed
- In 1802 and 1819
- To reduce hours of work for children
- They were not enforced
- In 1802 and 1819
- 1833
- CHILDREN UNDER 9 SHOULDN'T WORK
- CHILDREN, 9-16, HAD HOURS REDUCED
- CHILDREN UNDER 11 HAD 2 HOURS OF SCHOOL EVERYDAY
- FOUR FACTORY INSPECTORS CAME TO CHECK
THE LAW PASSED WAS BEING ENFORCED
- CHILDREN UNDER 9 SHOULDN'T WORK
- 1844
- CHILDREN, 8-13, ALLOWED ONLY 6.5 HOURS OF WORK A DAY
- CHILDREN UNDER 18 & WOMEN WORK NO MORE THAN 12 HOURS A DAY
- DANGEROUS MACHINERY HAD TO BE FENCED OFF
- CHILDREN, 8-13, ALLOWED ONLY 6.5 HOURS OF WORK A DAY
- 1847
- WOMEN & CHILDREN UNDER 18, WORK A MAX OF 10 HOURS A DAY
- WOMEN & CHILDREN UNDER 18, WORK A MAX OF 10 HOURS A DAY
- 1867
- THE LAWS ABOVE (^^) WERE APPLIED TO ALL
WORKPLACES WITH 5 OR MORE EMPLOYEE'S
- THE LAWS ABOVE (^^) WERE APPLIED TO ALL
WORKPLACES WITH 5 OR MORE EMPLOYEE'S
- Laws were passed
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