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20,000 apprentices employed in cotton mills
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The first piece of factory legislation
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No child to be employed under the age of nine in cotton mills
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Limits working day to 12 hours for those under 18
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No children under nine to be employed in factories; most important provision was the appointment of factory inspectors
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Reorganises poor relief under central control
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Raises minimum age of apprenticeship to 10
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passed to limit the employment of children by chimney sweeps; only the last has any effect
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Women and young children under 10 forbidden to work in mines
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Introduces safety regulation in factories
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Establishes the ten hour day for women and young people aged 13-18
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Appoints inspectors of coal mines
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Census reveals more than 24,000 boys under 15 working in coalmining
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Cotton industry employing 255,000 men, 272,000 women; woollen industry employing 171,000 men, 113,000 women
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Raises age limit for boys from 10 to 12
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Brings all factories employing more than 50 people within the terms of all existing factory legislation; forbids the employment of children, young people and women on Sundays
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Pit managers to have training
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Home Secretary empowered to appoint official inquiries into mine accidents
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Raises minimum age of employment in factories to 11; consolidates all previous safety and sanitary regulations