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able. Tbe accidents arising from machinery amounted to 1 844 ; of which twenty-one resulted in death, and two'of the sufferers were children. The accidents not arising from machinery were 1,950, five of which proved fatal. A controversy had been going on as to the fencing*up of certain parts of the machinery, the millowners urging objections; but the inspectors have resolved to enforce the precaution. In adverting to the Preston strike, Mr. Leonard Horner benevolently su^gqsts, as a remedy against the recurrence of the like evil, the “ cultivation of a more kindly, more trustful, and more friendly intercourse between the employer and the employed, and a sound education.” Sir John Kincaid, whose superintendence extends overScotland, notes with commendation the providing of rooms for shelter before beginning work in the morning and during meal-hours. Up to this humanechange, “ the scantily-dressed factory-girl was generally to be seen standing outside until the hour of opening, shivering with cold, or dripping wet, probablyafter the walk of a mile or two.” Some of the em-ployers have gone a step further, and fitted up the roomswith cooking apparatus.
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London, Middlesex, GB
Wed, Jul 12, 1854
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