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THE GIHLHKEN’S EMPL O YMENTc OMMiSXION,xVfk'Ehe first report ofthorlloyal Commission appointed to iaquir int»»the emp'oyniei*t of et»iidrenlt;,aud young persons in trade* and njaau fact urea not aheady regulated by la.w, baa been issued. The Blue Book, which ex-te^ds -to 810 pages, eon :.ifl , in addition it# the report of the^Ciiinmissi uers, th^ report a^d evidence taken by three as isttnt commissio* ers, in reference, among other subjects, tu the {dtery ninaniacture,. luciier match manufacture, percussion cap manufacture, the lace and hosiery manuUmtures,.climbing boys, c.; including, al*o, va iom .do'-u^cents hearing upon the ^ttb,ttata, inquired iittOi In the case the pottery manufacture, the racommenda ions of the 0 mini^stoners in-olude improved- ventilation and other sanitary arrangements; the; appointment f r two years, of. a medical inspector, the sanitary super vision of the potter e* to be afterwards placed- und r the ^ inspectors' of factories ; the d seontiiruanee of overtime; the gradual a plicatl 11 of the half-time system, which the coimuissiouers consider most important to the physical mid moral condition of. the children ; furthei security for education by requiring a certificate of a certain amount of t on a child!* attaining the »ge of 13, e. In the account of the ivquiry as to the lueifcr mulch manufacture* a singular st tement is made cf the devolopme t of a peculiar disease, called “■the-jaw dia? ase,*’ since the beginning of thin mumi-faiitine The powers of the Fublie He 1th Act are •not. considered sufhcient, and various practical r corn-men ata ns are given by the commissioners as to the Wi ikrouius und the management of them. The appoint ment of a special medical inspector or eighteen months is recommend d also in this case, and the application of the provisions of the Factory Act in regard to educa ion. These regulations the commission also recoinm zid for the percussion cap manufacture, including the Government fact ry at Woolwich Arsenal. In paper staining, the machine and block
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London St Pancras News and Middlesex Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Jul 11, 1863
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