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ROYAL COMMISSION REPORTS, 1842. |
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Coal and Iron Mines of Shropshire
REPORT by JAMES MITCHELL. ESQ., LL.D., on the Employment of Children
and Young Persons in the Coal and Iron Mines of Shropshire, and in
the Iron Smelting Works of those Districts; and on the State,
Condition, and Treatment of such Children and Young Persons.
Approx. 45 A4 Pages.
ISBN 1 899639 24 1
£5.00
THE ROYAL COMMISION REPORTS on CHILDREN in THE MINES, 1842
are available on CD-ROM as PDF, PC and Mac Word versions.
CONTENTS
I - OF THE AGES AND NUMBERS OF THE CHILDREN.
II - HOURS OF WORK.
III - OF MEALS.
IV - OF THE NATURE OF THE EMPLOYMENT.
OF DRAWING BY THE GIRDLE AND CHAIN.
V - THE STATE OF THE PLACE OF WORK.
VI - ACCIDENTS.
DEATHS BY VIOLENCE.
VII - HOLIDAYS. 9
VIII - HIRING AND WAGES.
IX - TREATMENT AND CARE.
OF APPRENTICES.
X - OF THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE CHILDREN.
XII - OF THE MORAL CONDITION.
STATE OF FEELING BETWEEN THE EMPLOYERS OF LABOUR AND THE MEN.
OF THE IRON-MINES.
OF THE STEERAWAY LIMESTONE MINES.
OF THE WENLOCK QUARRIES. 15
IRON-WORKS IN SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE AND SHROPSHIRE.
OF MAKING COKE.
OF CALCINING THE IRONSTONE.
OF THE BLAST FURNACES.
OF MOULDING AND CASTING.
ON THE REFINING OF IRON.
ON MALLEABLE OR WROUGHT IRON.
OF PUDDLING IRON.
FORGING THE IRON.
PUDDLE ROLLS.
ROLLING MILLS.
FURNACES WORKING ON SUNDAYS.
REPAIRING THE PUDDLING-FURNACE.
CLEANING THE BOILERS OF THE STEAM-ENGINES OF THE PITS.
THE EVIDENCE SHROPSHIRE
No.38 - Joseph Prestwick, Jun.
No.39 - John Anstice.
No.40 - Alfred Darby.
No.41 - William Tranter.
No.42 - George Lane.
No.43 - Robert Bailey.
No.44 - Joseph Jones.
No.45 - A Surgeon
No.46 - George Marcy.
No.47 - George Potts.
No.48 - Matthew Webb.
No.49 - George Jones.
No.50 - John Phillips.
No.51 - Thomas Hale.
No 52 - Samuel Ball.
No.53 - Isaac Tipton.
No.54 - James Pearce.
No.55 - John Richards.
No.56 - Robert North.
No.57 - James Brady.
No.58 - Henry Canning.
No.59 - William Canning.
No.60 - Samuel Edwards.
No.61 - William Sankey.
