...revolution must have issued from such an hour. As early as 1802, an act was passed in the British Parliament "for the preservation of the health and morals of...apprentices and others employed in cotton and other mills." Here begins the history of legislation restrictive of child labor. The inconsiderable exception of...

...physical safety of those engaged in them. As early as 42 Geo. Ill, c. 73 (1802), an Act was passed '' for the preservation of the health and morals of apprentices and others employed in cotton and other mills." In 1878 the provisions of all the Acts dealing with factories and workshops were consolidated in the...

...to amend and extend an Act, made in the forty-second year of his present Majesty (George the Third), for the preservation of the health and morals of apprentices,...and other mills, and cotton and other factories.' "Mr. W. Smith expressed his cordial approval of the Bill " Mr. Homer observed that the former measure,...

...statutes I find first an enactment, 42 George III. chap. 73, assented to June 22, 1802, entitled " An Act for the Preservation of the Health and Morals...and others employed in Cotton and other Mills and in Cotton and other Factories," applying to mills and factories employing three or more apprentices...

...to the middle of the present century. With the dawn of the nineteenth century came the first Factory Act,' for the Preservation of the Health and Morals...Apprentices and others employed in Cotton and other Industries.' The necessity for this Act had deeply impressed Sir Robert Peel, himself a manufacturer,...

...the middle of the present century. "With the dawn of the nineteenth century came the first Factory Act, ' for the Preservation of the Health and Morals...Apprentices and others employed in Cotton and other Industries.' The necessity for this Act had deeply impressed Sir Robert Peel, himself a manufacturer,...

...to the middle of the present century. With the dawn of the nineteenth century came the first Factory Act, ' for the Preservation of the Health and Morals...Apprentices and others employed in Cotton and other Industries/ The necessity for this Act had deeply impressed Sir Robert Peel, himself a manufacturer,...

...abuse of the apprenticeship system. This act, however, was of very limited scope, although entitled "An act for the preservation of the health and morals...and others employed in cotton and other mills, and in cotton and other factories." Fourteen years later the first Parliamentary inquiry into the condition...

...after six years of desultory parliamentary discussion, Sir Robert Peel brought in and passed a Bill for the preservation of the health and morals of apprentices and others employed in cotton and other factories (1802). Indeed, some such measure was found to be necessary as a preventive of general disease....

...legislation dates back as far as 1802, when the following was enacted by the British Parliament: "An Act for the Preservation of the Health and Morals of Apprentices and others employed in the Cotton and other Factories." This act was the nucleus from which all factory and sanitary legislation...