Factory Acts
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The Factory Acts were a series of acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom beginning in 1802 to regulate and improve the conditions of industrial employment. The early acts concentrated on
'A large manufactory' : the (water-powered) mill complex at Darley Abbey viewed end-on
Carding, roving, and drawing in a Manchester cotton mill c. 1834
A Victorian power loom (Lancashire loom)
Child labour
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Child labour is any work children engage in that interferes with their ability to attend regular school, or is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful. Such work is prohibited by legislatio
Factory Acts
…although workplace health and safety is principally governed by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) and regulations made under it. Child labour Child labour in the British Industrial Revolution…
A Palestinian child labourer at the Kalya Junction, Lido beach, Delek petrol station, road 90 near the Dead Sea
A child labourer in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Child coal miners in Prussia, late 19th century
A Chinese child repairing shoes, late 19th century