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THE CEILHUEN’ S EM EL O YMEN TvOMMrSiHGKSBPaBii' . lt;r*T?he first report of the: Royal Commission appointed to iaquir iut*» the employment of ofiiidremand young:.per-sons in trader and manufactures ivot ah eady regulatedbylaw, baa been issued. The Blue Book, which ex-te^ds to 810 pages, cou -ain , in addition to the report of the. Commissi ners, th^ report and evidence take n by three as ist mt commissio* ers, in re faience, among other subject?*, to the I4tery n?aanfiicture,;luciier match manufacture, percussion cap manufacture, the face and hosiery man u Pictures,,climbing boys, c.; including, al*o, va ioui documents bearing upon the fub,ecfcs, inquired iid;Oi In the case «4' the pottery manufacture, the recommenda ions of the 0 muii^sionera include improved- ventilation and oilier sanitary arrangements; rho; appointment f r twu years, of. aatedioul inspector, the sanit*ry supervision of the potter e* to be afterwards placed: und r the^ inspectors of factories ; the d sctmtinwince of overtime the gradual a-plicati h of the half-time system, which the commissioners consider most important to the physical and moral condition of. the children; furthei security for education by requiring a certidcateof a certain amount of t on a child!* attaining the «ge of 13, c. In the account of the inquiry as to thelueifcr match manufacture* a singular st lenient is made of the devoloptne t of a peculiar disease, called “’the jaw dis? ase,** since the beginning of this muim-faetme The powers of the Fublie lie 1th Act are •not. considered sufficient, and various practical r com-men ata ns are given by the commissioners as to the . Wi-iiroonx« and the management of them. The appoint uient of a special medical inspector or eighteen months is mxmuiierid d also in this case, and the application of the provisions of the Factory Act inr^l t/i o/Iif o i ah Thuco . t*£»irtilsit.uvn«t. tlitt finmmis-
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London St Pancras News and Middlesex Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Jul 11, 1863
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