Factories Act 1844
The Factories Act 1844 (citation 7 & 8 Vict c. 15) further reduced hours of work for children and applied the many provisions of the Factory Act of 1833 to women. The act applied to the textile industry and included the following provisions:
- Children 9–13 years could work for 9 hours a day with a lunch break.
- Women and young people now worked the same number of hours. They could work for no more than 12 hours a day during the week, including one and a half hours for meals, and 9 hours on Sundays.
- Factory owners must wash factories with lime every fourteen months.
- Ages must be verified by surgeons.
- Accidental death must be reported to a surgeon and investigated.
- Thorough records must be kept regarding the provisions of the act.
- Machinery was to be fenced in.
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