An Act to place the Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children in Bleaching Works and Dyeing Works under the Regulations of the Factories Acts.
WHEREAS it is the Practice of some of the Occupiers of Bleaching Works and Dyeing Works to keep Females, Young Persons, and Children at work during the Night, and an unreasonable Number of Hours during the Day: And whereas such Practices are not necessary to the successful carrying on of those Trades, but are very injurious to the Health and Morals of the Females, Young Persons, and Children employed therein, and it has become necessary to regulate the Employment of such People, and to provid...