The first factory statute is passed and largely ignored
The Health and Morals of Apprentices Act limited pauper apprentices in cotton mills to twelve hours a day and required some instruction. Enforcement was left to local magistrates, who were often mill owners or their neighbours, and the Act had little measurable effect. Its importance is as the first admission that the terms of industrial work were a matter for Parliament at all.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- The Factory Acts · regulation · United Kingdom · not located
- Industrial child labour · phenomenon · United Kingdom · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Factory Act 1833 (the Labour of Children etc. in Factories Act)
Supports the prohibition on employing children under nine in textile mills, the graduated hour limits for children and young persons, and the creation of a salaried factory inspectorate with powers of entry. V55 verification basis: NOT consulted — legislation.gov.uk is blocked from this session, so the regnal chapter citation is deliberately not given and the hour limits are stated only in summary.
Parliament of the United Kingdom · 1833 · Partly verified
Factory Act 1833, UK Public General Acts — text held at legislation.gov.uk and in the Statutes at Large
Recorded on The Factory Acts
- The first factory statute is passed and largely ignored
- The Factory Act creates an inspectorate
- Women and young boys are barred from working underground
- The Ten Hours Act limits the working day for women and young persons
Related
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