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[] (Back to the previous page) Impacts of Industrialization and Development
 * Year || Act or Investigation || Terms ||
 * 1802 || Health and Morals of Apprentices Act || * Hours of work were limited to 12 per day, with no night work allowed.
 * Employers were to provide education, decent clothing and accommodation.
 * Inspectors were to enforce the Act and appoint visitors.
 * For all textile factories employing over 20 persons, proper ventilation was to be provided and mills were to be whitewashed twice a year. ||
 * 1833 || Factory Act || * No children under 9 were to work in factories (silk mills exempted).
 * Children under 13 years were to work no more than 9 hours per day and 48 hours per week.
 * Children under 18 were not to work nights.
 * 4 paid Inspectors were appointed.
 * Two 8-hour shifts per day of children were to be allowed. ||
 * 1844 || Factory Act || * Women and young persons (13-18) were to work no more than 12 hours per day.
 * Children under 13 were to work no more than 6 1/2 hours per day.
 * No child under 8 was to be employed. ||
 * 1847 || Factory Act || * Women and young persons were to work no more than 10 hours per day. ||
 * 1850 || Factory Act || * Women and young persons to work in factories only between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. or 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. ||
 * 1853 || Factory Act || * Children were only to work during the same hours as women and young persons. ||
 * 1860 || Bleach and Dye Works Act || * This extended existing provisions to bleach and dye works. ||
 * 1864 || Factory Acts Extension Act || * Extended the previous acts to cover more industry types. ||
 * 1878 || Factory Act || * Extended the Factory Acts to all industries.
 * No child anywhere under the age of 10 was to be employed.
 * 10-14 year olds could only be employed for half days.
 * Women were to work no more than 56 hours per week (Factory Legislation 1802-1878). ||