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The First Industrial Revolution (c. 1760-1840) in Britain: Economic and…

- - - - 1799 to 1824，government prohibited labor unions
      - no responses and actions taken by the government
        
        afraid of impacting the national economy
  - - - All labors worked for 12 hours a day before 1847
        
        a law was passed, reduced to 10 hours
      - child labourer work in mines and factories from 8 years old
    - - mines
        
        Lung disease caused by coal dust
      - textile mills
        
        humid environment causing health issues
      - in general
        
        noisy, hearing damage
        
        repetitive strain injury
        
        exposure to lead and mercury
        
        broken machines damages physical conditions (losing fingers, arms and legs)
  - - - negatively impacted traditional craftmanship skills
      - mechanization
- - - - "...as early as four years of age...large proportion is under thirteen..."
      - "...these kids belong to the poorest population in the neighborhood..."
      - "...all sexes worked quite naked..."
      - work: pushing and dragging the carriages of coal
      - underground work
    - - "very few are employed in any kind of underground work (before 12 years old)"
    - - "children begin to work as early as three and four years of age"
      - "...the generality of them are short and weakly...badly clothed, 'poorest of the people'...have not sufficient food...in winter without shoes or stockings...very slight garments...scarcely to cover their nakedness..."
      - Sub-Commissioner, "...very pale and weakly in appearance..."