Six government acts on working conditions

Factory apprentices only: a maximum 12-hour day; good accommodation and medical treatment. Success? Only apprentices, not enforced.

A maximum 12-hour day. No child under the age of nine to work. Success? Limited because not enforced.

No child under the age of nine to work. Children between the ages of 9 and 13 years: 48-hour week Success? 4 inspectors ensured law was enforced

No child under the age of ten to work. No woman or child under 15 to work underground. Success? Inspectors employed to report conditions

No worker to work more than ten hours a day. Success? Limited because Ineffective monitoring.

No woman to work more than 60 hours/week. No child under 10 to work. Regulated safety, ventilation and mealtimes. Covered factories, and workshops.